Rand Paul to Unemployed: Fuck Off and Die

UPDATE Below

Somebody tell Rand Paul that unemployed people vote.

And there are enough of them in Kentucky to swing an election.

So shit like this will cook his goose.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul on Friday urged Americans who have been unemployed for many months to consider returning to the workforce in less desirable jobs rather than continue relying on government unemployment assistance.

“In Europe, they give about a year of unemployment. We’re up to two years now in America,” Paul said on Sue Wylie’s WVLK-AM 590 radio program.

“As bad as it sounds, ultimately we do have to sometimes accept a wage that’s less than we had at our previous job in order to get back to work and allow the economy to get started again,” Paul said. “Nobody likes that, but it may be one of the tough love things that has to happen.”

You never hear people who actually hold down minimum-wage jobs praising the "tough love" aspects of not being able to support yourself on full-time work. Wonder why that is?

UPDATE, June 19: Digby has great analysis of the larger blame-the-jobless picture.