Debate Crowd Erupts After Gingrich Obliterates Obama on Jobs

The crowd responds positively to Newt's plans for jobs, stating 'I am Going to Continue to Find Ways to Help Poor People Get a Job'

BAIER: Speaker Gingrich, Senator Santorum just mentioned it, the surge in unemployment has created these so-called 99′ers, people who collect benefits for the maximum 99 weeks offered now. What is the maximum length anyone should be able to collect unemployment checks?

GINGRICH: Well, you know Brett, I think there’s a better way to — to think about this. All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. If somebody can’t find a job…
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… and they show up, and they say, “You know, I need help,” the help we ought to give them is to get them connected to a business-run training program to acquire the skills to be employable. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.
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It — it tells you — I think it tells you everything. I — I hope my four colleagues would agree here. It tells you everything you need to know about the difference between Barack Obama and the five of us, that we actually think work is good.
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We actually — we actually think saying to somebody, “I’ll help you if you’re willing to help yourself,” is good.
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And we think unconditional efforts by the best food stamp president in American history to maximize dependency is terrible for the future of this country.
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