[RWGinger]

Your title is really misleading.
You lump all republicans together for what one Gov said
and even further you lumped all unemployed with the ‘ able bodied” the Gov referenced.

Are there jobs available in your state ? maybe jobs involving manual labor or less desireable jobs?
Why shouldn’t he want able bodied people to work?
When they work they relieve strain on busineses that are paying part of their unemployment
and that could free up those businesses to hire more people

so pay attention to what was really said and to the person who actually said it.
Nothing unChristian about wanting able bodied people to work

[CHRISTIAN DIARIST]

Gov. LePage’s remarks aired repeatedly on the national news. While he is but one Republican, he reinforced the widespread view that Republicans, as a whole, lack compassion.

As to the 22.8 million Americans who are unemployed are underemployed, the vast majority are no doubt able-bodied. Are you suggesting there are 22.8 million readily-available full-time permanent jobs for them all?

[ravenwolf]

Your title is really misleading.
You lump all republicans together for what one Gov said
and even further you lumped all unemployed with the ‘ able bodied” the Gov referenced.

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You are right.
During the slump in the early 70s i met quite a few people from the eastern states who had lost their jobs and was out here in the west looking for work.

In Arizona there were lots of labor and farm jobs which i had worked at myself, but not many office jobs.

I told 2 or three people ( who sure looked able to me ) about where they could go to work the next day, they just looked down their nose at me, i could not help but thinking, to hell with them.