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Americans Too Lazy to Work

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    Hardcore Pawn’s Les Gold says the current employment problem is based on the nation’s work ethic.

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Democrats at the convention are attacking Mitt Romney for his job creation rectal when he was governor of Massachusetts.

The fact checkers off countering -- by showing that Romney improved his State's job numbers considerably.

He got unemployment below 5% so.

What about those people who were in that 5%.

Last night Fox's bill O Reilly -- -- the -- about.

That's that is -- -- because they almost had full full employment.

They're four and a half percent unemployment in Massachusetts those people are heroin addicts.

Those people are people.

Walls.

Okay.

How do you bring the unemployment rate down from four and a half percent fits fits about as -- as it gets.

For an -- and a half percent of the population.

Can't work -- won't work.

They're done they're ads -- lay abouts.

I I think that's pretty explicit -- and if joining us now is Detroit pawn broker and star of true TV's.

-- -- -- PAW and less goal he joins us now in New York let's welcome my -- -- much for having me here.

Bill O'Reilly was saying what you said on this program -- roughly one in twenty people announce society you can't employ still -- -- Well -- you could you can employ them.

Do they want to work.

But you know there's there's a lot of opportunities out there you know there's the small business -- We need employees the problem is getting employees to really wanna come to work how -- you want it that's the question you have to ask yourself each and every day when you wake.

And -- assigned as X number of people who they want a job.

But they can't do it again get there on time and off so love that just that they take days off sick but just unemployable.

Examples in my business.

People bought for lunch and never come back really hire someone on a Friday they're supposed to start on Monday they never show up.

So this is the problem for small business owners and business owners everywhere polygamy is billow Ronnie says that heroin addicts that -- ahead instead this than.

Did there's a lot out there I mean you know there's a lot of drug addiction you know there's no question about it.

But there's there's issues there's still jobs.

You just need to want to go out and working need to want to be there and give your boss give your employer -- day's work.

For days' pay the problem is people don't wanna do that they want to get paid yet.

It ought to work.

I agree and I'm Aaron small business and and -- -- position it's really bad but we we know what we know factually from different -- I got an email yesterday -- wanna roll quick -- part of -- from a -- Steve.

I'm a president of a 500 plus employee manufactured Virginia and it's very difficult to find people who want to work.

We have several openings especially for mechanical positions and that only are we getting people who want to wait to start until after the unemployment runs out he's saying.

But they can't get applications even not skilled -- difficult upon the watching guys are doing is you -- blaming the victims -- not.

And Mahal hotel and -- -- -- I would say they're victims against attended the guest is but the fact of the matter is.

The Mississippi they had all those casino jobs and Alabama casino jobs.

A so many people think about reports at this very moment.

1020 people sitting on -- -- not to get those jobs why it wasn't racism was a discrimination they couldn't pass the marijuana -- All right now hold on a second what about the skills gap.

Granted some -- heroin addicts some are alcoholics in the crazy a guy got back.

But -- than not people willing to walk but they cannot do the job because they don't have the skills maybe they can't read they can't -- I don't know.

All we care about in my business is that you can count.

You know when we have our people in the warehouse everything is number all we care about as you can match the number on the ticket to the number on the item.

If you -- pass that test -- -- But -- -- real question your point there's some truth about -- -- stated earlier they did a survey of all the businesses in New York State.

55%.

Said that basic math skills are having trouble people -- basic math skills.

All I think that was worse and that was advanced computer skills and below that was 54 point four punctuality and reliability but the basic math skills.

That's it go to a grocery store and give them he had lets you have and I got to -- that fit if it not for the computer you they they don't understand how to give you your money back.

Because we're we're not investing in education anymore we're investing in entitlements and how people feel like I can sit back and collect the -- and got a -- holiday.

A lot of money it's education but that we've we've watered down what we expect from kids we've watered it the traffic generation absolutely -- the killer and that killing me here -- on an ongoing death in my left DF to more than say it's tough enough.

Let's go a pleasure thanks very much and we at a much about India -- -- the acting at Costa Mesa man.

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