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A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.

— Wayne Dyer

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest job, but it doesn't pay as much. And so, that's what's happened to us is that we have put in so much entitlement into our government, that we really have spoiled our citizenry and said you don't want the jobs that are available.

— Sharron Angle

People create jobs, not the government.

— Scott Walker

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?

— Ron Paul

There are times that everyone hates his or her job. Were they freed from the economic consequences of having these jobs, they'd drop out of the workforce. There are only two problems with this strategy: First, someone has to pay for it; second, it is not the recipe for human fulfillment.

— Ben Shapiro

It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.

— Karen Mills

We cannot tax the same people we expect to create jobs. That is a recipe for keeping people out of work.

— Martha Roby

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

— Barack Obama

People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads towards citizenship, and if that happened, then they wouldn't be prey to the employers who say, 'We want you because we know that you work for a salary we could not lawfully pay anyone else.'

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

✗Opposing Perspectives

As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.

— Leonard Boswell

When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system.

— Nancy Pelosi