‘Crock of lies!’ Obama says extending unemployment benefits ‘creates new jobs’

Pres Obama says extending unemployment insurance "actually helps the economy, actually creates new jobs.”

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 7, 2014

President Obama: "Voting for unemployment insurance helps people and creates jobs, and voting against it does not." #RenewUI

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 7, 2014

Obama admin has explicitly argued that unemployment benefits & food stamps create jobs. #JobsPlan

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 7, 2014

Thats why he isn't an economist. MT @markknoller: Pres Obama: extending unemp. ins. "actually helps the economy, actually creates new jobs.”

— qs382 (@qs382) January 7, 2014

If Federal unemployment benefits "create jobs" then why not put 260 million people on them and have a roaring economy? #tcot

— Brian Brown (@acebb20) January 7, 2014

And he actually believes that? MT @markknoller: Obama says extending unemployment "actually helps the economy, actually creates new jobs.”

— Aaron (@a_ryan88) January 7, 2014

"Unemployment insurance grows the economy and creates new jobs.." Barack Obama What a crock of lies!

— Victor Warden (@lightning7876) January 7, 2014

Stop. Just stop. RT @markknoller Pres Obama says extending unemployment insurance "actually helps the economy, actually creates new jobs.”

— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) January 7, 2014

We should be flush then MT @markknoller Obama says extending unemployment insurance "actually helps the economy, actually creates new jobs.”

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) January 7, 2014

If unemployment benefits create jobs, this #Economy ought to be the greatest ever….#economics

— Taxes You Pay (@TaxesYouPay) January 7, 2014

Did Obama just say extending unemployment would help the economy and create new jobs? Huh? #explainthisplease

— Amy Smith Wheeler (@amysmith70) January 7, 2014

Because unemployment insurance grows the economy and creates jobs – #unicorndreams, #RenewUI

— Carinrosayn (@Carinrosayn) January 7, 2014

He's quite mad, you know. MT @markknoller Pres Obama says extending unemployment insurance "actually creates new jobs.”

— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 7, 2014

It's a FACT: Endless unemployment benefits reduce the incentive to get a job. http://t.co/8MYv5r1LZZ

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 7, 2014

It's a FACT: Beneficiaries of endless unemployment benefits are gaming the system. http://t.co/eg0kS96RH7

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 7, 2014