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That's a temporary situation, right? This is a rough patch the person is going through?
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#49
Are you in Texas, Lone Star? I am, too. Where in Texas is the economy that bad?
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#58
That is not what I said. HE said there were lots of "ivy league" MBA degreed people were
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#142
when the economy is no longer based on good jobs, there won't be another good one for most people
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#82
It's always been hard for non-college educated people to get good paying jobs.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#61
I'm a nurse. The waiting list for LPN classes was so long it was done away with. Same for RN classes
Heddi
Aug 2012
#86
Well, my my my. There is absolutely NO answer for anyone to get ahead besides someone giving
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#138
Only if you live in a place with large employers, like factories. It has ALWAYS been hard for
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#139
No, it hasn't *always" been hard, and union jobs could be had in the teamsters, on railroads, etc
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2012
#168
bullshit. my millworker uncle & his non-working wife supported 5 kids & bought a new car
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#97
it has gotten worse since reagan, immeasurably. at the time you thought it was temporary &
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#122
Your uncle was lucky enough to live in an area with a mill. You're thinking every place is like
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#144
I'm sorry...I don't see the chart comparing college degreed w/those w/no ed.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#163
You didn't say "it's always been harder for non-college than college-educated." You said:
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#171
Now it's hard for college grads to get jobs - is the answer more education???
reformist2
Aug 2012
#99
They have to take what they can get and hope for better days. Even if it's that shitty Staples job
MADem
Aug 2012
#65
Okay, so we finally get to go home tomorrow after being in free hotel rooms for 4 nights cause
blueamy66
Aug 2012
#129
So what you want is a minimum wage world and we should all set back and take the kind of business
jwirr
Aug 2012
#102
considering how much you complain about things here, and *children* chief among them...
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#77
Bix Box stores are turning ALL retailing jobs into crap... UNIONS are the only answer.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#5
With the internet, I am amazed we haven't seen a revival of unionization yet.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#38
40 years of people like that poster saying "it's your own fault! pick yourself up by your boot-
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#125
Those big corporations make LOTS of money. But it's nice to know you are so supportive of them in
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#108
Which is sad, growing up, our next door neighbor was Produce Manager at a local Safeway.
haele
Aug 2012
#100
I just checked, Staples has a profit of $920 million. If just 50% was shared by employees...
reformist2
Aug 2012
#15
Just because.......what? Just because they WORK? Just because they are the means by which the
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#109
Their wages could be $10,000 higher, and Staples would still be hugely profitable.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#50
Obviously, minimum-wage laws protect against no paycheck. But treat profit-sharing as a bonus.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#32
That co. isn't doing well, I think. Those employees need to look elsewhere. nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#34
Where is that happening? And what did people w/MBAs do before the recession? nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#80
Stop bashing people and realize there aren't enough good paying jobs to go around.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#73
funny - I posted about a 70-80k office job with great benefits here 6 mos ago
dmallind
Sep 2012
#159
You don't understand. In this thread we have a Texas conservative and an Arizona conservative,
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#113
When you address me, you are speaking to the working poor, the homeless, the uninsured...
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#153
My sister is in a nursing home on Medicaid, having had a stroke at a young age.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#145
Nothing is ever "fine" in the short term. It takes years. It's not RW to DO something
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#152
We just hired several paralegals and a secretary. Jobs are hoppin' here in Dallas.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#151
I used some of the responses, starting with the very first, to tune up and
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#54
one wonders why they spend so much time with us when it's clear they don't think much of us
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#84
Corporations have record profits. They can afford to give their peon employees raises.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#95
So true. The more you think about what ordinary people do, the more equal you want pay to be.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#111