Bachmann sees the sunny side of things

Michele Backmann, representative of MN, sees the bright side of the current state Minnesota economy.

I am so proud to be from the state of Minnesota. We're the workingest state in the country, and the reason why we are, we have more people that are working longer hours, we have people that are working two jobs.

Remember Bush in '04? The uniquely American quality of a single mom working multiple job to afford care for a disable child. People of Bachmann's district. Sure she is a fellow religious nut, who hates science and is disconnected from the poorer members of the district. But do you really want this sort of representation?

PZ Myers reacts.

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Once upon a time, we had this thing called the 40 hour work week — the idea was that it was good for the middle class to be able to get a living wage from a reasonable amount of effort. Now we've got Republicans handing out corporate welfare and getting excited because the working class has to labor for longer hours in order to make ends meet. I don't get it. Do they think their local mechanic likes having to put in longer hours grubbing in grease and barking their knuckles and wrenching their backs?

I remember a few rough years when my father had to work two jobs, a day job reading water meters for the city and then doing custodial work in the evenings. It wasn't because this was a fantastic opportunity to achieve prosperity — it was because he was desperate to pay the rent and keep food on the table. When people are having to work harder, it's not a sign that the middle class is thriving.

I'll have to remember this one for when Bachmann tries to run for reelection.