Lt. GOV. Andre Bauer (R-SC): ' FLAT-OUT LAZY PEOPLE ' Are The Real CAUSE Of The Immigration Problem

[Segami]

<http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/andre-bauer-flat-out-lazy-people-are-the-real-cause-of-the-immigration-problem.php?ref=fpb>

' Arizona may have gotten some attention for passing controversial immigration legislation, but Lt. Governor Andre Bauer (R-SC) understands the real problem behind the large number of illegal immigrants in his own state: Lazy people on welfare.


"The real problem is the work force," said Bauer, who is running for governor. "The problem is we have a give-away system that is so strong that people would rather sit home and do nothing than do these jobs."


Bauer made his remarks at a debate between the Republican candidates for South Carolina governor, The State reports.

<http://www.thestate.com/2010/04/24/1258024/bauer-takes-aim-at-the-lazy-in.html>


"Laziness is not a disability," said Bauer. "There are a lot of people that are flat-out lazy and they are using up the goods and services in this state."


The Arizona law requires law enforcement officials to demand immigration papers from those they suspect to be in the country illegally.


In the past, Bauer's compared people on welfare to stray animals, making the point that if you feed stray animals (or, presumably, help out the unemployed), they "will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior."

<http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/andre-bauer-comparing-poor-people-to-stray-animals-probably-wasnt-the-best-metaphor.php>

[CurtEastPoint]

1. "Flat-out closet cases..." are the real cause of GOP hypocrisy. n/t

[joeybee12]

7. Throw him out of the closet, get him laid, and then maybe that

will clear up his stupid blockage.

[mitchum]

10. It's a realy pity that his closet isn't airtight

[roguevalley]

12. south carolina is a pip.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. Bauer is

flat out stupid. You could change his brain into gas, put it in a motorcycle, and it wouldn't go half way around a BB.

[ixion]

3. And corrupt pols, like you, Mr. Bauer, who live large on the public dole

without doing a lick of work.

You, sir, are far more damaging than the folks on welfare. :grr:

[Segami]

4. He is the biggest government WELFARE recipient of them all.

[old mark]

5. I assume Mr. Bauer is referring to the traditional RW "Welfare Cadillac"

myth.
Interesting since there is many years of documentation to show that the typical welfare recipiant is a white female with children who is on welfare temporarily.
Of course let's not confuse a republican by telling him any truth...

m

[tammywammy]

6. Bauer: the reason Sanford hasn't been forced to leave office. n/t

[Newest Reality]

8. Conversly,

productivity, overall, has gone through the roof while wages have remained relatively stagnant for the last 30-odd-years. Workers are working harder, and many barely subsist or have to work two, or even three, jobs. Being ground down to the very bones of your body and existence is hardly profitable for disposable humans, in the long-run.

I realize that the OP is related to specific job sectors, but it I wanted to contrast Bauer's rhetoric with some reaching relevance.

[Hello_Kitty]

9. Asshole. eom

[Segami]

11. Correction, he's a Republican ' asshole ' running for the Republican nomination for SC Governor.

[NaturalHigh]

13. Wow, it must take a lot of work to be such an asshole.

This guy is a piece of work. I think what he really wants to say is "people should be happy to get out and work for less money."