This is in Obama’s jobs plan.  Employers won’t be able to discriminate against people who have been unemployed for an extended period of time.  Lawyers are going to love this. 

First – what business is it of government’s anyway?  It is perfectly reasonable to suspect that someone who has been collecting unemployment checks for a year and a half are a bit deficient in the work ethic department.  Sure, they might not have been able to find a job in their career field … but not find a job at all?  Are you kidding me?  Employers see this, but progs can’t I guess.  If I’m looking for a new employee I would much prefer to hire the guy who has shown that he will clean out stables, if necessary, to support his family … not the guy who sits on his ass collecting unemployment for nearly two years because he can’t find the job that suites him.

So here’s the scenario.  You’re looking for a new employee and you have two applicants.  One has been on unemployment for three months and looking for a job the entire time.  The other has been on unemployment for 20 months.  Another thing – the short-term unemployed applicant is better qualified for the job.  A no-brainer, right?  Well be careful.  As soon as you hire the better qualified applicant the long-term slackard is going to hire a lawyer and seek to prove that you discriminated against him because he had been out of work for over eighteen months.  Valid claim or not, a lawyer will take the case and you will be facing some stiff legal costs.

Welcome to Obama’s vision for America.  Class action lawyers advertising on television for people who think that they’ve been turned down for a job because they have been out of work for too long.