...and what money, pray tell,will these unemployed persons use to move and work in another state? For the most part FR is full of heartless jerks these days.
I wouldn't wish a layoff, pulling of benefits, foreclosure, or bankruptcy on my worst enemy...yet people do it here on a minute-by-minute basis. Be careful what you wish for.
***...and what money, pray tell,will these unemployed persons use to move and work in another state? ****
When I was a child my dad sold everything we had to get to a state where there were jobs. It worked!several times!
When I had a family I had to do the same thing, sell about everything I had to go to a state where jobs were plentiful.
I’m not too far from being in the same situation. Lucky my wife has a good stable job. But my on/off work status is getting shaky with the peace at home
And the alternative is? The state is in its 5th year of recession. Should you stay where you are, getting more dejected and depressed each day that goes by, without any light at the end of the tunnel?
I’ve done it myself. Due to circumstances beyond our control, my husband and I worked in two different states for a while. It may not work for all, but for many where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Oh madison10, think back to the dustbowl.
People loaded what they could into their jalopies, and headed west. They didn’t call moving vans, wait for gubmint handouts, or unemployment checks to arrive.
They did what they had to do to survive.
I join you in not wishing this on anyone. But, when it is a matter of survival, you do what you have to do, and you don’t whine about it. This is particularly important if you have children, for they need a good example of how to act in a crisis.
One way to do it is the husband goes to another state where the job is at, and rents, and sends the check home to family. Once husband is settled in with his new job, sell his old home and moves family to new state. This process may take one to three years but atleast he will move out of MI. That is how some immigrants did it long long time ago.
After Katrina completely destroyed my business in Biloxi, I loaded up my 1984 Mercedes and headed for D/FW with a tiny bit of assistance from the Feds. Been fine since then.
We are hiring in North Dakota. In the past two weeks we hired machinists from Michigan and Ohio. They got here somehow.
'Course if your resume says UAW - don't spend the gas money.
I don’t think people are wishing for ill for others, just pointing out that if you live in a state where your skills are not needed, and 10 percent of the workforce is competing with you for jobs, you would be better off to move to another state.
And since this is 2008, not 1800, I hardly think there is any real economic impediment to moving to a new state. You just hop in your car and drive. Or you scrape together $100 bucks and get on the train.
Of course, if you have unemployment insurance and you get government assistance in your current state, that would keep you from moving to a state that won’t give new residents stuff.
They would be better off voting for new government which would stop discouraging investment in the state.
that is totally untrue.....
conservatives strive to elect candidates that seek to promote economic independence and prosperity.....
what did we get for our efforts?.... a great big punch in the mouth from the zero crowd, a group that wants to destroy small businesses, tax everyone of us more, and take away freedom.....
when you look at Michigan, we are looking at the dry regions of Africa, where people hang around without food, water or work, and keep doing it year in and year out, and wonder if it will always be like that.....
IT WILL ALWAYS BE LIKE THAT UNLESS ONE CHANGES THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE....
for starters, the young people could join the military....college students could go to community college, parents could sell their house or let it foreclose and just move in with relatives or rent for a few years....
and they could elect people that will drill for new energy, liberate small businesses, eliminate abusive unions, and protect our borders from illegals........
Lots of good ideas have been mentioned on this thread. The main point is that the people of Michigan have made their own beds, by voting for the idiots in their government, now they have to lie in those beds.
Ya, no kidding. And as if we conservatives voted for Jenny in the first place. We are just stuck here.
Perhaps the gentleman could try developing a little initiative.
You do what I did when I got laid off.
You sell as much as you can, you give away a lot and then you pack up your car and drive.
It's not about being heartless. It's about being realistic and being willing to make sacrifices NOW in order to have a future.