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Do Unemployment Benefits Make People Lazy? (Audio)

Tea Party darling Sharron Angle, who is running for senate against Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada, has suggested people won't get up and go find a job if their unemployment benefits are extended.   As insensitive as it may seem to tell people to get off their butts and get a job, does she have a legitimate point or is she off her rocker?

Video and audio after the jump...

You can watch her comments here:

Sharron Angle: Nevadans Forced to Collect Unemployment Are "Spoiled" by Harry Reid on YouTube

I spoke with Ken Emanuelson with the Dallas Tea Party and our listeners about the issue on the show tonight.  You can hear the discussion here:

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- Scott Braddock

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