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Obama also addressed the conservative argument that continuing unemployment benefits acts as a disincentive for the unemployed to actively seek new jobs.
"These leaders in the Senate who are advancing a misguided notion that emergency relief somehow discourages people from looking for a job should talk to these folks," Obama said, directing the audience's attention to three unemployed Americans sharing the stage with him. "That attitude, I think, reflects a lack of faith in the American people."
Obama also made the case in favor of the unemployment extension during his weekly address, titled (lest his message be missed) "Filibustering Recovery and Obstructing Progress."
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