How else would you interpret the results here? If it were Boomers that were losing their jobs and getting laid off, we’d be hearing no end to the hue and cry.
Instead it’s happening to folks like me. Yes, I think it’s great that you were able to work for 22 years. I’d love to have the same opportunities as you did, but the stark numbers here show that for many, many of us, this is not going to be possible.
I’ve worked all my life - never took a dime of unemployment benefits, or been on welfare. I’ve had to accept a lower standard of living compared with the folks who do, because I’ve been let go and the only available jobs are part time.
And, I voted for McCain too. I’m not going to vote for Romney. Romney has an opportunity to actually do something to fix the system, but, he just doesn’t care. I thought that by voting for McCain, that it would actually accomplish something - it did, it just ensured that a RINO got elected.
I’ll be supporting Virgil Goode - a pox on both of their houses.
a vote for Virgil = a vote for Obama
I’m another who will be working most likely until thay carry the body away because I NEED to,not because I want to deprive some poor young person of the opportunity.
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Advice from a hated boomer ----- Stop crying, grow a pair and make your own opportunities....iow, Grow the Eff Up.
And, frankly, if you have so orchestrated your life that your standard of living is below that of a welfare recipent...well...I don't see much hope for you.
No sympathy here JC. I moved out of my parent's home at age 18. I lived in a basement efficiency apartment for the first 2 years, ate off of paper-plates and reused plastic utensils, rode the bus an hour one way to get to a part-time day job, then an hour back to get to the evening part-time job. Put myself through community college without financial aid or student loans. I do recall the day I finally was able to stand in line at the checkout at Gold Circle to buy my first set of real stainless steel utensils...I recall thinking that day, I worked 8 hours to pay for these. My plates came from saving grocery store receipts and many of my blouses were bought with 'green stamps.' Although you might not be old enough to know what those were. Oh and in the very beginning I even had a weekend job too boot. So yea, 3 part time jobs for 2 years. When was this prosperous time in my life? The late 1970's and early 1980's.
The year 1996, middle of the boom. My world took a major crash from the death of both parents to divorce from a cheating husband. I walked away with my car, clothes on my back. Barely enough saved for an apartment, I again took on a part-time job to support my fulltime employment. I again put myself through school, this time I won unclaimed scholarships to help pay my way. At one point I was running and working so hard, I got up and ran out the door knowing I was late to be somewhere. It was 6:30 and I had to look at the location of the sun to know if I was going to class or to work.
You want my opportunities, now?
Every obstacle in life is an opportunity waiting to happen.
I will not vote for romney or obama but am considering Goode. I just don't know anything about where he stands on the issues, economic, social or foreign affairs.