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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:45 PM Original message |
NY Times: Longer Unemployment for Those 45 and Older |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. ageism reigns - always does. n/t |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hear crickets chirping..... |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Youth does not believe it will age. We (45+) didn't. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. . |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Those 'under 45s' will be in the same boat soon enough. Saw a 20/20 |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I don't mind being thrown away; just send my retirement check to |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I have determined |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I have to wonder. I'm over that age. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. You bet ageism is still alive and well |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just what I need to read. 54 and unemployed here. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. People of color experience job discrimination their whole lives, Don't know if |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Pardon me? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You are implying |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. WTF? Discrimination of any kind is wrong. Period. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. My first job searches took place at a time when |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Same here. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Only the ones who used to talk about the 'girls' who |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Mine too but facts are facts. Unemployment is about twice the overall rate for some groups. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Maybe you ought quit poking your little violin bow in the empathy that already exists. |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. So because I am over 45 and unemployed it's just karma? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. You seem to have a stunningly superficial and simplistic basis for your ageist bigotry. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I know you don't really mean it like that |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. It appears that the Boomer...ang has come home |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. well duh....the times just figured this out.. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
24. I just rubbed my SIL's nose in this |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. It's just as bad if you're under 30. |
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