Watch The Daily Show slam conservatives for blocking jobless benefits

Republicans and Fox News pundits would have a stronger case if they used their logic on the rich as well, says Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart slams jobless benefit misers
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On Thursday night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart put Republicans and their Fox News proxies over a barrel for opposing the extension of federal unemployment benefits. As heartless as the politicians and pundits sound in griping about the "takers" and "mooches" and "subsidized freeloaders" — and as weird as the Fox & Friends graphics are — the right does have a point, Stewart conceded: The benefits were supposed to be temporary, and they aren't being offset by other cuts.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.