Myths and Dumb People: Two of My Favorite Things

One of my favorite lies Congressmen like to tell is that they're "listening to the people," as I mentioned HERE.

Which is why it's great that Congress is wasting it's time preparing to lock horns in some "Showdown of the Century!!" over an issue that the American people, the Chiefs, and the military itself doesn't really give two shits about. You know, since carrying on arguments that don't actually exist in a world that practices reason and civility is much more pressing than, say, extending unemployment benefits.

Which is another of my favorite lies, this fetish-as-meme venerating of job creators, like this brain-dead fuckwad:

BARNICLE: What about the fact that unemployment benefits pumped into the economy are an immediate benefit to the economy? Immediate…
SHADEGG: No, they’re not! Unemployed people hire people? Really? I didn’t know that.
BARNICLE: Unemployed people spend money Congressman, ’cause they have no money.
SHADEGG: Aha! So your answer is it’s the spending of money that drives the economy and I don’t think that’s right. It’s the creation of jobs that drives the economy…Actually, the truth is the unemployed will spend as little of that money as they possibly can. Job creators create jobs.

So this idiot thinks that the sanctity of having a job is more important to the economy than using the money you've made from that job to spend on things. Yes, of course. After an 8-hour workday I suppose we all turn an OFF switch that powers us down so we stay dormant until the work bell clangs again the next day. Nobody of course takes that money and spends it; we're too busy being patted on the back by God for being such a noble working people.