Originally posted by: UnemployedMay2001
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: UnemployedMay2001
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: UnemployedMay2001
Originally posted by: XZeroII
Originally posted by: glenn1
Sounds good to me. So long as Bush doesn't take undue credit for making it happen, i might even be tempted to cut him some slack on some of the dumb economic policy choices he's made (like the steel tariffs). The credit i give him will probably be the inverse proportion of how much he claims.
So it's Bush's fault for causing this economic down-turn, but he isn't responsible for the recovery?
Recovery? Who said anything about a recovery. Again, drops in first time unemployment claims mean very little to the people who are either already on unemployment or have already exhausted their unemployment. Again, it is not surprising that this number continues to fall as fewer and fewer people are in the workforce to even GET unemployed. You have to have a job to loose one.
There is always someone looking for the dark cloud in the silver lining.
I don't have to look for any dark clouds, one has been hanging over my house for over 2 years now. Rumor has it there is an even bigger cloud hanging over the continental Unites States. Again, drops in first time unemployment claims mean very little when you figure in all the people who are already unemployed. The real question is can businesses afford to scale down any more than they already have and still stay solvent.
No offence, if you have been unemployed for 2 years, you are far to picky. I would rather be underemployed than unemployed.
LOL. Non taken! Listen, in SE Michigan, I can't even get a fine dining waitering job (and I have 10 years experience in that field). Even THEY aren't hiring.
The Home Depot, Best Buy, Kmart, Walmart etc. are a little cynical when it comes to hiring someone with a Masters Degree for their $8 an hour paying jobs. You see, they know (or at least think they know) that as soon as something better comes along, the over-qualified employees like us will jump ship.
Ever try supporting a family of 5 on $325 a week? Unemployment lands you slightly more than $325 a week here in Michigan if you are getting the Max.
No, so your assumption that I am too picky is just so very typical. I work out of my house designing and developing websites. Does this give my family health benefits? Certainly not. Does this protect me when one of my customers that owex me money goes belly up and can't pay their invoices? Hell no.
So until you have walked a mile in someone's shoes who can't find even $8 an hour employment, you really need to be a little more sensitive to the plight of your OWN countrymen. But hey, $86 billion wouldn't help me anyhow, I think I pay that much alone in Credit Card interest a year