Anyone who has spent some time speaking to people who have lost their job realizes that there are not only financial consequences, but some emotional ones as well. Whether you love your job or not, people don't want to sit around doing nothing -- they want to contribute to their family and community in a positive manner. Apparently, there are some folks who simply haven't taken the time to actually talk to people in their communities and are therefore buying into the rhetoric of the Republican Party and its Tea Party base.
A clear example of this can be seen an interview Sharron Angle (the Republican candidate for US Senate from Nevada) recently gave. When she was asked to clarify earlier remarks about how people on unemployment are "spoiled," Angle claimed that there are plenty of jobs to be found and that unemployment simply discourages people from rejoining the workforce.
I don't know about you, but I don't think anyone who so out of touch with reality deserves to be in the US Senate. Her statements clearly show that Angle doesn't understand we're still recovering from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Plus, she's clearly also willing to blame the poor for our bad economy instead of the corporate greed that played such a large role in the economic turbulence our country is going through. Unfortunately, the current movement within the Republican Party has created a situation where we have candidates with such poor leadership skills in a position to potentially become a Member of Congress.
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