Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay shares a few thoughts on the high jobless rate, arguing that extended unemployment benefits encourage more of the same. Fortunately, he had the good sense to stop short of saying we are a nation of slackers.

While the term “funemployment” has been popping up on a somewhat regular basis over the last year, this is clearly a twenty-something phenomenon and those with families to support would no doubt overwhelmingly argue that there is nothing fun about it.