Unemployed need not apply

Not that Congress or the White House really care, but this is the real world. This is the very real problem that people are facing. The pampered bunch in DC have no idea how tough it is out there but they are likely to find out when voters go to the polls next year. The level of disgust with Washington is very high.

Hundreds of job opening listings posted on Monster.com and other jobs sites explicitly state that people who are unemployed would be less attractive applicants, with some telling the long-term unemployed to not even bother with applying.

The New York Times' Catherine Rampell said she found preferences for the already employed or only recently laid off in listings for "hotel concierges, restaurant managers, teachers, I.T. specialists, business analysts, sales directors, account executives, orthopedics device salesmen, auditors and air-conditioning technicians." Even the massive University of Phoenix stated that preference, but removed the listings when the Times started asking questions.