I get food stamps, and I’m not ashamed — I’m angry

Vox ^ | September 16, 2015 | Christine Gilbert

[Eagles6]

I agree.

[X-spurt]

Maybe you are hitting the “over qualified” wall.

Employers often do not hire someone way over qualified because of the potential for disgruntlement from being hired at a lower rate and the possibility of the over qualifier not staying long as soon as a better gig comes along.

Another of those Laws of the Jungle.

[RegulatorCountry]

It will boil down to someone who knows you and is willing to give you a chance. Get out and meet people in your field, broaden your exposure.

[Prince of Space]

That was my first thought when I read this diatribe. Her extensive vocabulary was a tipoff along with her good grammar skills. She apparently knows no low-wage workers so she doesn’t know what to emulate when she portrays herself as downtrodden.

[trisham]

Yes. To the author of this garbage: stop stealing other people’s earnings. We are not your slaves.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Might as well be.

[trisham]

Yes, and she’s angry?

[2ndDivisionVet]

You can’t really live on SNAP, TANF, Section 8, WIC, Government Cheese, UI, Social Security disability, and etc. LOL

[trisham]

I don’t know. I’ve never tried. :)