At CPAC, Gingrich Says Unemployment Benefits Violate The Declaration of Independence

[Emit]

...he brought them to their feet by declaring that 99 weeks of unemployment benefits to those who have lost their jobs violates the Declaration of Independence

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http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/cpac-gingrich-says-unemployment-benefits-violate-declaration-independence

"Never again should we pay somebody 99 weeks for doing nothing"

[RC]

1. Violates the Declaration of Independence???

Isn't that document a done deal, no longer in force?

[limpyhobbler]

2. He pretends not to know that there is a business cycle with periodic episodes of reduced hiring.

And he calls himself a historian....?

[zbdent]

8. I get it now ... the bigger the failure, the bigger the paycheck, right?

Explains why so many Republicans are wealthy ...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Noot, ya dumb bastard,

unemployment insurance is exactly that: Insurance. Somebody (in this case, an employer) pays money into a pool. If there's a claim that money is paid out. It isn't "free." Ya dumb bastard, are you then claiming that insurance "violates" the Declaration of Independence? By the way, ya dumb bastard, it's impossible to "violate" the Declaration of Independence because it's not a law, statute, or constitution. It was just a declaration.

Some history professor you are, Noot. No wonder that obscure college in Georgia denied you tenure.

[phasma ex machina]

4. The loose cannon named "Noot's ego" leaves yet another long gash in the ship called "GOP"

[arely staircase]

5. one cannot violate the d of i

well maybe if one is king George 3 of England and actively trying to take back one's American colonies.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. So now we've lost to England ? How does that work ? nt

[Gore1FL]

7. The real pity is...

...he makes money as a historian.

[marmar]

9. Does anyone else feel dirty just watching clips from CPAC?

It's like a snuff film.

[EC]

10. Now he's just throwing anything out there.

I'm guessing he's testing just how dumb his audiances are.

[ashling]

11. ow did King George violate that one!?

inquiring historians want to know

[The Genealogist]

12. He knows this "violates the Declaration of Independence" line is bullcrap.

He knows just as well that his audience will buy it hook, line and sinker. His audience would think the Constitution and D of I are the same thing probably, or say exactly the same thing.

[underpants]

13. Does he actually HAVE a job?

NO is the answer