Well maybe some Americans give up (dont try hard enough) to find a job and then yes, I would call them lazy. But these workers are discuraged workers or maybe they just need to learn new skills. Since I was 16 I have never been without a job. I have had all sorts of jobs since then and I am 23 now. At times it is harder to find a job in that I experianced sessional unemployment and some frictional unemployemnt. But I still had to deal with it. But hey, im still in college. I havent had a "real" job yet.