Eric Cantor: The Grinch Who Stole Americans' Unemployment Insurance

[Donnachaidh]

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/eric-cantor-grinch-stole-unemployed-ins

Jim Cramer on CNBC seemed to be shocked that Rep. Eric Cantor wasn't going to support the idea of extending unemployment benefits since the private sector refuses to spend those trillions of dollars they have been sitting on and hire American workers.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor recently said that government just can't keep its promises to Americans. In that case he was talking Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Now he's including extending unemployment compensation in the promises he wants to break, on the grounds that extending the insurance program is "pumping up" the jobless.

In response to today’s jobs report, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) declared that “unemployment is far too high” and that Congress “must push pro-growth policies to get back on track.” Noting Cantor’s apparent concern as “spot on,”, CNBC host Jim Kramer told Cantor that obviously, “you’re for extending unemployment benefits given the chaotic situation.” Cantor’s response? Nope, because “for too long in Washington now we’ve been worried about pumping up the stimulus moneys and pumping up unemployment benefits”.

Cantor declared that “the most important thing we can do for somebody who’s unemployed is to see if we can get them a job” and declared that the only way unemployment benefits could be extended is if “we find commensurate cuts somewhere else”:

More with video at the link --

[TeamsterDem]

1. what an asshole

and not a terribly bright one at that

[Maccagirl]

2. Well then, find people jobs Cantor.

If you're not part of the solution, as the saying goes.

[aquart]

3. I hope the heartless VA schmucks who elected him had a bundle in the market.

I hope vacations and new cars are being cancelled all over his district. They can't feel anyone else's pain, let 'em feel their own.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Welcome to the Seventh District of Virginia, represented by Eric Cantor

4.4% of the population account for families living below the poverty level
6.1% of individuals live below the poverty level
68.6% of the district is in the labor force, which consists of those 16 years and older
13.5% of the district are civilian veterans
15.9% are of disability status (5 years or older)
Per capita income is $25,861

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia's_7th_congressional_district#Demographics

Now take away unemployment benefits -- sorry, I meant entitlements, and I wonder short of Diebold machines, what are the chances of Eric Cantor getting re-elected in 2012?

The electorate may not understand what's going on in Washington, but they understand their homes in foreclosure, going on Food Stamps, moving in with family, etc.