payment, things like that, the little things that seem so little to big shots, but regular people say, you know, that affects me, and can i connect with that. but chris, i don t buy that, chris. i mean, look, the fundamental number is the one that you started this segment with. $14 million people unemployed. the president is the coach. if it s not working, you fire the coach. i mean, no matter how many of these things you pass, like, you know, we ll give protection for jobs for people who don t have who are unemployed, that s not going to get around the fundamental problem that there just aren t enough jobs in this economy because the president s jobs programs haven t work. that s true. there s 14 million unemployed. the president s trying to bring them under the democratic umbrella. we re looking at, we re protecting the old folks, women, gays and the unemployed. i think it s a heard case to make, steve, and i m going to end on this to say that corporations are people, too. th
interview here. well, i don t think it s right to say, like, you know, like irish need not apply, unemployed need not apply. but i do think, chris, that it is important for employers to be able to look at the worker job history, and if somebody s been out of work for a long time, for better or for worse, that s usually a negative on their resume. it doesn t look i always tell people, you know, the best way to find a job is to have a job. steve, you re being redundant. if you tell a person they can t apply for a job because they ve been out of work, the next time they apply for a job, they ll say, you ve been out of work longer, therefore, you can t apply for this job. it seems like it s a redundant, vicious cycle you re creating here. don t hire the unemployed, so they can be unemployed next week and not get hired by someone who won t hire the unemployed. isn t it a problem you ve just created here on this store. you ve just done it. you ve stepped in it. no, i think that no,
the president is backing a proposal to prohibit employers in this country from discriminating against job applicants who are unemployed. in other words, if you re out of work, you can t apply for work. a company can t discount you based on the fact that you don t currently have a job. it would also stop job boards and employment agencies from advertising for positions that exclude unemployed work. i never heard anything like this. is it a good idea? well, there are 14 million people out of work today in the united states, and 4.5 million of those have been unemployed for more than a year. so do the math. 4.5 million people sitting out there right now who want to work right now, in fact are walking the streets looking for jobs. dana milbank is with the washington post and steve moore is with the wall street journal. steve, what is the case for employers being allowed to say, don t waste my time if you re unemployed, looking for a job? you re not even going to get an
have a job, you can t apply. but i do think it s certainly legitimate for businesses to look at the work history. if somebody s been out of work for two years, you re less likely to want to hire that person than somebody who actually has been working. dana, let me ask you this about this. i didn t know this was going on. and i ll tell you one thing. i m into politics, not hiring people. i think it sounds like hell. this is the worst i ve heard. you don t help a guy or a woman when s been out of work, say a plant closed. it s not their fault. they re living in some small town, all there is is the plant. there s not another plant opening up. it s not their fault. right. and barack obama, in proposing this, you know, buried in the legislation, is praying that john boehner will say the same sort of thing that steve moore
people, you know, the best way to find a job is to have a job. steve, you re being redundant. if you tell a person they can t apply for a job because they ve been out of work, the next time they apply for a job, they ll say, you ve been out of work longer, therefore, you can t apply for this job. it seems like it s a redundant, vicious cycle you re creating here. don t hire the unemployed, so they can be unemployed next week and not get hired by someone who won t hire the unemployed. isn t it a problem you ve just created here on this store. you ve just done it. you ve stepped in it. no, i think that no, i think the problem is, one of the big problems with half of the people who are unemployed now have been unemployed for more than six months. i think one of the reasons for that, and the statistics show this, is we keep extending unemployment insurance. that s kept people unemployed longer than they would otherwise be, and it s hurt their job market prospects. so as they go out