Think Progress points us to this chart that debunks the right wing talking point that accuses those lazy Marxist Kenyan commie socialist unemployed Occupy protester hippies of sitting around their non-existent pools all day eating food-stamp bought bon-bons, avoiding work opportunities because their bare-bones lifestyle is so desirable.

Especially the part where they go hungry and suffer from health problems because they can’t afford medical insurance or proper care.

In fact, since Congress enacted federal unemployment benefits, time spent looking for a job has tripled among the long‐term unemployed who are out of work as a result of job loss”… [P]eople who received UI benefits spent more time looking for work than those who didn’t qualify for the federal program…

The title of the Congress’ Joint Economic Committee (JEC) report is “The Case for Maintaining Unemployment Insurance: Supporting Workers and Strengthening the Economy”; and the title of the chart, in case you hadn’t noticed, is “Among Long-Term Unemployed, UI-Eligible Individuals Search More Vigorously.” That pretty much says it all.

Another Republican-slash-ClusterFox lie smear meme bites the dust.

Oh, and while we’re on the subject, jobless claims dropped to 3.5 year low.

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