Fox News Kilmeade should be ashamed of himself

For starters, when I lost my job at a church 2 1/2 years ago, I didn't get unemployment checks. As a church they didn't pay into the system. I thought I was lucky when I got a temp job here or there but otherwise, after working all my life and being unemployed once before in my adult life, I ended up not being able to afford to do what I do as a Chaplain. I work on average 35 hours a week online for free but it used to be over 70. Now much of my time is spent trying to find work and worrying about how to pay my bills.

Kilmeade has said a lot of stupid things in the past but this one really made me sick. It's not about me because even if benefits are extended, it won't do me any good, but it will do a lot for other people through no fault of their own found themselves out of work while people like Kilmeade get paid to make fun of them and use them as part of some kind of sick, twisted political game. Still it gets worse than that. Does Kilmeade ever read actual news or is he too busy reading talking points? See the problem is, veterans have a higher unemployment rate than civilians do.

June unemployment rates rise for veterans

By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jul 2, 2010 12:39:16 EDT

The unemployment rate for veterans rose slightly in June, to 8 percent overall and 11.5 percent for Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans, a sign that expanding programs aimed at helping veterans find work are not working in a stagnant job market.

June employment statistics released Friday by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics show the overall unemployment rate for veterans rose slightly from 7.8 percent in May. Still, the unemployment rate for veterans remains lower than the overall national rate of 9.5 percent.

The national rate shows a slight improvement over the 9.8 percent unemployment rate reported for May. The Labor Department report shows, however, an overall decline in the number of jobs in the U.S. after only about 83,000 new jobs were created in the private sector and the federal government eliminated 225,000 temporary positions for Census workers.

For Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans, many of whom are entering or re-entering the job market after overseas deployments, the June unemployment rate is 11.5 percent, up from 10.6 percent in May.
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June unemployment rates rise for veterans

While I end up reading real news and seeing reports like this, I then get to hear what people end up claiming like the people over at FOX. I get to know what real suffering is like and what price is being paid by our troops and veterans. I get to read about their lives but people like Kilmeade end up being paid to avoid the truth because it does not fit their agenda. People like him only understand what it's like when they have to go thru it and then they wonder where their help is going to come from. I wonder what it was like for an unemployed veteran to hear those words said on TV?

Kilmeade: Maybe expiring unemployment benefits will make people ‘sober up’
By David Edwards and Ron Brynaert
Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Fox guest bashing benefits can't keep talking points straight

Covering the standoff on unemployment benefits, The Huffington Post's Arthur Delaney has complained about lawmakers on both sides of the aisle "who suspect the jobless of preferring not to work."

Pundits and guests on Fox News Channel, in particular, have been advancing similar opinions.
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Maybe expiring unemployment benefits will make people sober up