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main has a republican governor his name is Paula page
rush story rights about above the Republican governor of Maine saying that
47 percent
above the state's residents choose
not to work let's listen to what he had to say and then we will we will analyze
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that the funniest part of the audio is when he says this
obviously absurd statistic people in the crowd are shocked
not because he has the audacity
to say something so offensive but because they believe it's true and
they're offended
that so many people who were a quote able-bodied are choosing not to work
this is important not because we care about republican governor polyp age
but because this is a common refrain Louis when people are arguing against
for example unemployment insurance
and various welfare programs which is people are lazy and they're simply
choosing not to work
the I let's look at some actual data will use means an example
Maine's Department of Labor says that 65 percent
a president over 15 years old are
are working or are unemployed
and actively seeking work the remaining 35 percent are mostly retired
or caring for children or other family members while some are pursuing
education or have a disability so let's explore the numbers Paula page says
47 percent able but able-bodied individuals
choose not to work it turns out that the number drops to only 35 percent
and if we look at the number above the Peapod
if we look at 35 percent who are not working you have to remove from that
people who are retired do we really say that retired people are lazy because
they're no longer working
or or or are we gonna have a little bit more understanding
above the light and how things work you have people there who are remember
over 15 years old it includes high schoolers who aren't working
it includes full time students who aren't working
it includes disabled people who aren't working so if you actually take 35
percent the number of people over age 15 in Maine
are not working and reduce the number who are just in college
and the number that a retired and the number that are actually able bodied
you see right away that this is again
wanna be's smear campaigns against people who are not working
as lazy and as just they choose to to not work
it happens all over the country this is just one example Louis from Maine to
kinda point out the absurdity of the numbers
right and also apartment just the absurdity of this claim
is is the incredible fact that just because this man is an elected official
all obese people just believe everything he says without their with Audi's second
guessing it yeah as if all of a sudden we
we think politicians don't lie or just not know stuff
it's incredible yeah on today's bonus show: north korea paint China
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could be whiskey yeah would be could be a coca-cola
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