Maine governor says 47 percent of state’s residents choose not to work

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Source: Raw Story

Maine’s tea party-backed governor suggested during a conservative gathering last week that nearly half the state’s residents who could work do not.

Gov. Paul LePage said he had two points to make last week when he was told the gathering in Falmouth, Maine, was about to end.

His first point consisted only of the word “energy,” but then LePage began sketching out a point about “workplace development.”
“About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work,” LePage said.

One woman in the audience loudly called out, “What?”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/22/maine-governor-says-47-percent-of-states-residents-choose-not-to-work/

[Soul Crusher]

He is dead right - I know people myself who only take employment only to go on UE 6 months later or welfare etc.

Just how the communist democrats want it.   

Source: Raw Story

Maine’s tea party-backed governor suggested during a conservative gathering last week that nearly half the state’s residents who could work do not.

Gov. Paul LePage said he had two points to make last week when he was told the gathering in Falmouth, Maine, was about to end.

His first point consisted only of the word “energy,” but then LePage began sketching out a point about “workplace development.”
“About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work,” LePage said.

One woman in the audience loudly called out, “What?”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/22/maine-governor-says-47-percent-of-states-residents-choose-not-to-work/

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He is dead right - I know people myself who only take employment only to go on UE 6 months later or welfare etc.

Just how the communist democrats want it.   

ya he is right, 47% unemployment rate.

[tonymctones]

ya he is right, 47% unemployment rate.

more ignorance from this shut in...

you do know the unemployment rate doesnt account for people who arent looking for jobs right moron?

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Source: Raw Story

Maine’s tea party-backed governor suggested during a conservative gathering last week that nearly half the state’s residents who could work do not.

Gov. Paul LePage said he had two points to make last week when he was told the gathering in Falmouth, Maine, was about to end.

His first point consisted only of the word “energy,” but then LePage began sketching out a point about “workplace development.”
“About 47 percent of able-bodied people in the state of Maine don’t work,” LePage said.

One woman in the audience loudly called out, “What?”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/22/maine-governor-says-47-percent-of-states-residents-choose-not-to-work/

Good to hear, he's on the right track...

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more ignorance from this shut in...

you do know the unemployment rate doesnt account for people who arent looking for jobs right moron?

Ya your right, half the state doesn't work, that's true tomy.

[Necrosis]

more ignorance from this shut in...

you do know the unemployment rate doesnt account for people who arent looking for jobs right moron?

Just to further your stupidity because you are likely to miss the point in my post. Let's say unemployment is 10% there, now what you are suggesting is 37% of able bodied people are not working, meaning that only 53% of the current population work. He also said able bodied. which further adds to the hilarity.

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more ignorance from this shut in...

you do know the unemployment rate doesnt account for people who arent looking for jobs right moron?

LePage must have misspoke somewhat.  He must only be talking about 47% of the unemployed who need work.  The article treats it like it's about the entire state population of people who can work.  Big difference.  Somewhere these two have to be talking about 2 different things.