Statements about Workers
The labor market is weak because if you count the unemployed, underemployed, and those who’ve stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate "actually went up last month to 13.5 percent."
"In 29 states in this country you can still get fired for not just being gay, but if your employer thinks you are gay."
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
Says he and Mitt Romney agreed on tying minimum wage increases to inflation.
Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.
Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
When it comes to jobless workers, "Mitt Romney says he likes to fire people."
"What president has the worst record on female labor force participation? Barack Obama."
"Up to 80 percent of small businesses will be forced to give up their current plans due to new Obamacare regulations."
According to the Congressional Budget Office, "as many as 20 million Americans could lose their employer-based insurance thanks to Obamacare."
"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
"You can hire lots of bureaucrats. That’s what the president’s done. He’s added 135,000 people to the government workforce."
"The only reason the unemployment rate is going down is because … twice as many people dropped out of the employment pool as the number of jobs were created."
President Barack Obama "has now spent three years proving that he kills jobs in energy, he kills jobs in manufacturing."
"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."
Congressional Republicans have introduced dozens of bills on social issues and other topics, but "zero on job creation."
"More than 25 million Americans are unemployed. More than 50 million live without health insurance. Perhaps 100 million live in poverty."
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