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stinkcat_14
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From reading the article this does not seem to be a government problem, but more a problem of personal irresponsibility. She was making $56,000 per year, not a huge salary but certainly more than enough to cover the basics. It said she vacationed in places like Mexico and the Caribbean which has to raise the question of if she can afford these types of vacations why couldn’t she have put money aside in case she was unemployed?
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CatholicGerman
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She was covered in a 2009 NYT article, as well:
She uses Ms. and her sons hate her so… she’s probably a divorcee. Couldn’t the NYT times have found someone else who is a bit more likely to garner sympathy? A married father struggling to feed his small children, or something? And why keep using the same woman for their articles? It doesn’t make any sense.
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cargau
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I am sorry for the suffering this woman must endure. I will not judge her as I am not in a position to do so. The government has set up a system to aid these people and get them back on their feet. Taxpayers and employers foot the bill. I didn’t detect a whole lot of gratitude for helping her stay above the “waterline”.
At what point does the government (taxpayer’s) responsibility end. Unprecedented deficits will cause inflation and higher taxes which will make it harder (not easier) to find a job.
I know that there are people out there who are seriously frustrated finding a job, any job. But, there are others who view these extended benefits as an elongated vacation. In my view giving people money never works in the long run. Instead create incentives for businesses to hire and get people working.
The NYT is nothing but a liberal rag that wants to see people dependent on the government so those responsible for these foolish policies remain in power…
At what point does the government (taxpayer’s) responsibility end. Unprecedented deficits will cause inflation and higher taxes which will make it harder (not easier) to find a job.
I know that there are people out there who are seriously frustrated finding a job, any job. But, there are others who view these extended benefits as an elongated vacation. In my view giving people money never works in the long run. Instead create incentives for businesses to hire and get people working.
The NYT is nothing but a liberal rag that wants to see people dependent on the government so those responsible for these foolish policies remain in power…
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DawnInTexas
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What about Welfare?
I know of alot of families who’ve doubled up within their homes. Whatever it takes under “hope and change.” Although, I would guess that most people don’t have a lot of family members to draw upon—seeing how the “Politically Correct” Zero Population Growth of no more than 2 children per couple probably limits resources, especially if one’s parents are deceased.
God Bless.
+Jesus, I Trust In You!
Love, Dawn
I know of alot of families who’ve doubled up within their homes. Whatever it takes under “hope and change.” Although, I would guess that most people don’t have a lot of family members to draw upon—seeing how the “Politically Correct” Zero Population Growth of no more than 2 children per couple probably limits resources, especially if one’s parents are deceased.
God Bless.
+Jesus, I Trust In You!
Love, Dawn
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JohnDamian
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She bought a car, a mobile phone and holidays before putting aside savings?
She went to business school; the first rule of business is if you can’t find a job - make one yourself. Her lack of initiative and expectation for everything to be handed to her is what has been her downfall; if more people went to college to learn rather than with some delusions of grandeur and “graduate jobs” then they wouldn’t end up on benefits with thousands in debt.
I don’t feel sorry for someone who throws themself into poverty after burning all of their wealth on worthless things and contributes nothing to society. You reap what you sow.
She went to business school; the first rule of business is if you can’t find a job - make one yourself. Her lack of initiative and expectation for everything to be handed to her is what has been her downfall; if more people went to college to learn rather than with some delusions of grandeur and “graduate jobs” then they wouldn’t end up on benefits with thousands in debt.
I don’t feel sorry for someone who throws themself into poverty after burning all of their wealth on worthless things and contributes nothing to society. You reap what you sow.
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KostyaJMJ
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If you’re out of work for 99 weeks then maybe you just aren’t cut out for work.
It just isn’t that hard to find work when you are willing to do anything. Go and start cleaning out toilets or mowing lawns. Unemployed usually just means unemployable in this country.
It just isn’t that hard to find work when you are willing to do anything. Go and start cleaning out toilets or mowing lawns. Unemployed usually just means unemployable in this country.
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TedDC
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How can you justify such a blanket statement?
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tjm190
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Right- so the economy goes bad when people become ‘unemployable’, rather that unemployment being caused by a bad economy.
Guess what? The toilet cleaning or lawn mowing jobs were probably all eaten up by the first group of unemployed people or the fact that people who would be hiring are not.
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TedDC
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While I agree that extending unemployment benefits in clearly not a long-term solution, I am deeply angered by the fact that our government is squandering vast fortunes in Iraq and Afghanistan while our own people are hurting. Let’s keep that money at home where it belongs. I’m not saying use it for handouts; let’s use it to get business and industry moving again, before China and Brazil and India (who haven’t saddled themselves with such overseas burdens) eat the rest of our lunch. Take care of our own first.
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KostyaJMJ
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When you have a bad economy companies start dropping the dead weight. no surprise there.
The company I work for has a shortage of good workers but the problem seems to be they can’t find people willing to work who are able to pass a drug screen. I know I am speaking anecdotally but in my experience people stay unemployed for a reason. Maybe there is a large pool of skilled workers out there who just can’t find work but I just haven’t seen them.
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EmperorNapoleon
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And thats just it. What we have is a majority of unemployed individuals who would rather be unemployed than underemployed. There are jobs galore; just not jobs that people want to do. I have to wonder if this woman has heard of monster.com or even a temp agency.
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CatholicGerman
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Hey, I’m with you. But you must realize that ending the wars would mean downsizing the military again. What would we do with all of those soldiers? Add them to the welfare roles? Can you imagine the scene that would ensue? We would have to start a war someplace else, and send everybody there. Someplace dangerous and annoying, like Mexico.
No, the wars must continue, especially as they have such a low casualty rate for our soldiers. Safest war ever. Black men are actually safer in combat in Iraq than in most major US cities. We should ship them over there for their own protection!
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josephdavid
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More families are homeless and on the streets
money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news/economy/homelessness/index.htm
In School, Homeless Kids Face A Different Test
Homeless children struggle with more than reading and math. They’re challenged to stay connected to schools as their families search for shelter.
citylimits.org/news/articles/4134/in-school-homeless-kids-face-a-different-test
money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news/economy/homelessness/index.htm
In School, Homeless Kids Face A Different Test
Homeless children struggle with more than reading and math. They’re challenged to stay connected to schools as their families search for shelter.
citylimits.org/news/articles/4134/in-school-homeless-kids-face-a-different-test
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edwest2
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More Media of Fear.
No one in the Media is asking business owners when they expect to start hiring, or, if not, why not.
Obama is pulling US troops out of Iraq at the end of the month. The cost to deploy one soldier for a year in Iraq? $ 390,000. So those savings should start to add up.
Meanwhile, Timothy Geithner is against extending the Bush initiated tax cut for those making more than $250,000 a year. Why? The government would have to borrow 30 billion if it’s extended for one year.
There’s a lot of money out there.
God bless,
Ed
No one in the Media is asking business owners when they expect to start hiring, or, if not, why not.
Obama is pulling US troops out of Iraq at the end of the month. The cost to deploy one soldier for a year in Iraq? $ 390,000. So those savings should start to add up.
Meanwhile, Timothy Geithner is against extending the Bush initiated tax cut for those making more than $250,000 a year. Why? The government would have to borrow 30 billion if it’s extended for one year.
There’s a lot of money out there.
God bless,
Ed
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EmperorNapoleon
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I took the liberty of searching for some jobs for the lady. SimplyHired.com alone pulls up 8,164 job postings within the last 30 days for positions within 10 miles of Brentwood. Sorry, don’t buy her story.
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Rich_Olszewski
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Easy for you to say that, but we have some fellow Catholics on this Forum, family men, who have been out of work for that long, have been looking for work, who are desperate for work, but can’t find it. No need to show any charitable spirit towards them, huh?
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CatholicGerman
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From your link, something interesting:
Wow… It’s bad if even the intact families and fathers are ending up in there. Maybe foreclosures? The unemployment statistics must be grossly underestimated.
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CatholicGerman
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Catholic family men? I can empathize. My husband has been laid off twice before, and it was terrible. We pray for them every night.
Something I’ve always wondered about: Why is there affirmative action for women? Isn’t that counter-productive? Shouldn’t employers favor married men over everyone else? As it is, they’re often stuck competing with the illegals on one side, and the Baby Mommas on the other. The former are dirt-cheap and never complain, the latter are are preferential hires, and can work for next-to-nothing because the government supplements their income. Even if the family fathers can get a job, the others drag the salaries down.
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Ridgerunner
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Or, I guess the government could spend 30 billion less. But I guess that’s too hard for them to figure out.
I guess Geithner doesn’t realize that a lot of people who are making $200,000 don’t really get to spend it on whatever they want. Lots of small business people make that much, at least theoretically, but they don’t live it up. Most live modestly and put the remainder back into the business or use it to pay down principal on business debt. So, I guess Geithner and Obama are content to have no job creation those people could generate if they felt sufficiently secure to do it.
I think the media doesn’t want to ask business why they’re not hiring because they already know the answer and don’t want to say it. Anybody in business could tell them, and no doubt have. They’re not hiring because they’re afraid of this government. It spends wildly on borrowed money, threatening ultra-high interest on debt when the drunken orgy of spending plays itself out. It comes up with ideas like adding to their tax burden, making them give 1099s to all kinds of purveyors of goods and services they never had to give them to before. It passes 2,000+ page bills that nobody understands except that they empower “regulators” to do just about anything to them. It just can’t wait to make energy cost more, making everything they use cost more. It still hasn’t given up on “card check”, so the business people don’t know for sure they won’t come in some morning to find that they have to deal with a union steward about every decision.
That’s why businesses aren’t hiring. Everybody who knows anything at all about business knows that.
But it gets worse. All business people do things that are “forward looking”. They buy that machine for future production that they really don’t need right now. They buy the lot next door for expansion. They hire somebody they can’t fully employ because they think maybe they will have that person do something new. That “forward looking” investment is starting to go away for the same reasons businesses won’t hire. When it becomes pervasive, we can then call this the “Obama Depression” because that’s exactly what it will be. And no, it won’t be soup lines and dusty shotgun shacks this time. Welfare will prevent those things. It will simply be a long-term adjustment to a lower level of business activity, and a higher level of unemployment. That’s what a depression really is; a pervasive adjustment to lowered efforts and expectations.
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