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Transcripts For MSNBCW The Last Word 20140107

0 richard wolffee, this does highlight what for me is a republican phenomenon i ve watched many, many times, which is they get it if it happens to them. so the republican with the highest unemployment rate in the country in his state is the republican who gets this. and the others are immune to it. i don t think that s unique to nevada or anywhere else. you know, we had a great story at msnbc.com today about the kinds of choices these individuals are having to make. people who ve saved up for their pickup truck. people who are going to face selling their home today because they re not getting these benefits. and the economic impact of that. so republicans will say in general, when it s an abstract idea, people should just go and take whatever job s out there. but if you are long-term unemployed, so you ve got a college education, going to flip burgers does not help your long-term employment. you may get a job in the short run, but it makes it much harder to get a job that you re qu ....

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Transcripts For MSNBCW The Last Word 20140107

0 it was talking to constituents every day who are often in economic distress, who desperately wanted a job, and understanding that we re a country that has each other s back in these difficult times. richard wolffee, this does highlight what for me is a republican phenomenon i ve watched many, many times, which is they get it if it happens to them. so the republican with the highest unemployment rate in the country in his state is the republican who gets this. and the others are immune to it. i don t think that s unique to nevada or anywhere else. you know, we had a great story at msnbc.com today about the kinds of choices these individuals are having to make. people who ve saved up for their pickup truck. people who are going to face selling their home today because they re not getting these benefits. and the economic impact of that. so republicans will say in general, when it s an abstract idea, people should just go and take whatever job s out there. but if you are long-term un ....

New York , United States , Rhode Island , District Of Columbia , New Jersey , Colorado Springs , North Korea , Dick Cavett , Susan Collins , Cory Booker , Ezra Klein , Steve Lon Gann , Dennis Rodman , Jared Bernstein , Jon Runyan , Ben Bernanke , Tom Coburn , Richard Wolff , Janet Yellen , Harry Reid , Jack Reed , Robin Hackett , Barack Obama , Malika Henderson , Tom Latham , Sarah Palin ,