Reply #24: I've given up ever again finding a real fucking job

[Coyote_Bandit]

I do what I can to eliminate and reduce expenses and to bring in a few bucks here and there.

I'm single, female, older, well-educated with a responsible work history and apparently overqualified or "not a good fit" for every available job. I quit counting a couple of years ago when the number of rejection letters I had received topped a thousand. Nothing has improved in the time since. Unemployment insurance? The 12 or 16 weeks of unemployment I received have long since been depleted. And because I do have some assets and a limited income I do not qualify for any kind of assistance.

Haven't a clue what I'm going to do.

I'd leave this country in a heartbeat for opportunity elsewhere but I help care for some aging family members.

I've been trying to acquire new skills and even went back to school. Unfortunately that school program (at the largest tech school in the state) was terminated before I had an opportunity to complete the program. Paid my tuition and invested the time, effort and travel and got screwed. Apparently a perfectly legal scam.

I've considered self-employment but lack the capital and access to healthcare to make that work. Although I may be forced to risk everything I have on this option.

I've considered trying to earn a livelihood writing on various topics of public interest. But there are long odds against doing so. Something more mundane with better odds would seem to be a better place to focus my efforts.

I've considered moving to the middle of frickin nowhere buying an acreage and the necessary animals, and equipment to become a subsistence farmer. That is what the generations before me did. At least then I wouldn't have to look for a job I'll never find. Healthcare shouldn't be an issue. After all, you can't lose something you don't have - and I haven't seen a fucking doctor in over 15 years.

I am one of our nation's throwaways. Any future success I have will be in spite of my government - a government that permits discrimination in hiring against unemployed folks, a government that favors corporations over flesh and blood citizens, a government that rewards businesses that send jobs offshore, a government that refuses to maintain the infrastructure necessary for a strong economy, a government that is completely and utterly out of touch with the needs of Main Street folks.