I agree with your points.
But also consider that its people on "our side" that are enabling Bush and the Rs on this. Look at the posters here on this issue, there is a small core of the same freepers who are trying to explain what is going on, what they see every day, and a much larger contingent of people who just say "let it happen", because of course its not their ox being gored. they believe their jobs are safe (they often never reveal their profession).
I don't know about anyone else on this thread, but I'll share my background with you. I've been unemployed once in my life -- and as a result of what that did to me, I swore I would never go through it again.
If I ever lose my current job (I'm an engineer, for what it's worth), I'll do whatever it takes to earn a living. If it means getting another job in my field, then great. If it means driving a truck, or selling used cars, or washing windows, or mowing lawns, or working on an oil rig in Siberia for six months at a time -- then so be it.
One thing you will never see me do is sit around like an infant and complain about "all those people who aren't doing enough" to keep me employed.
Threads like this often make me wonder if Dick Gephardt is engaging in some kind of secret mission here on FreeRepublic.