Posted on 04/06/2004 1:56:04 PM PDT by Migjagger
The following e-mail was sent to a friend who's an expert on certain political issues and editorializes (as I have) for many renowned newspapers--including The Wall Street Journal.
Dear friends:
Had a talk with a Chilean best friend this morning regarding Bush, etc. She believes that he won't get reelected because the economy (which the administration refuses to discuss) is in dire straights. They say that 350,000 jobs were added to the economy but over three million have been lost. This is insane! People I know are literally going crazy with worry.
I have to tell you that I've just about had it trying to survive from month to month. My saving grace is that I have a big house (although it's mortgaged) and rent the guest house out back and have a roommate. Not the most desirable situation, but there you have it. I need to work and find myself constantly looking for a job without ever finding anything that pays barely above minimum wage--like retail. Had to quit my retail job because being on my feet all day on upscale pumps and slides to comply with their dress code was killing me and my knee swelled up so much I couldn't put my foot down. I have reapplied to UCLA Law School in hopes that I can get some kind of job after I graduate--assuming I get accepted there because apparently everyone else has the same idea and UCLA has a huge and excellent pool of applicants. In the meantime I am trying like heck to get decent work. Looking for work and is depressing because since it's mostly done electronically, it's impersonal. Therefore, I never hear back from anything or anyone. It seems, you need contacts to get a job at McDonalds these days.
To illustrate my point, here's a note I got from someone from whom I was seeking some assistance in her large company's Human Resources Department.
"As I explained when we met I don’t have a local contact for hiring. I had suggested to you that you go on the internet and see what jobs are open. I did forward your resume to External Affairs, if they have and opening and exhaust internal applicants they will call you. Mine is a large organization and there is no local H.R. person that I can refer you to. But I thought I could send your resume off and you may get lucky. Try the website and see what they have open and good luck."
I tried the website and never heard back. You need a contact from within the company--any company--and this woman who wrote me back is not someone I know well at all--so that's the way it all goes.
Frankie lost his job at Disney a year ago and has been struggling by with free-lance and living off credit cards ever since. First time since age 14 that he's been out of work. This is the pits. With our academic and professional background (and related credentials) we should be able to at least get employment. Why is this happening?
Love --
Mig
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So... you want people to respond to a personal statement in a non-personal way?
Is that another way of saying, "Nobody gets to disagree with me!"?
Dan
If you're relying on a South American woman for your information about the American economy and Dubya's electoral fortunes then I'd say that it is probably for the best that you don't vote.
I hate to break this to you, but there are limits as to how much your elected officials determine whether you have a job or not. For all the credit or blame the president receives for the economy, the business cycle is the business cycle.
I was laid off for eight months in 2002. I finally landed a contract position. It took seven weeks to land the next contract after that, and now I've gone another one lined up, with a second choice, before I even roll off this one. And I make better money than I did before, get a lot more variety in my work, and learn a lot more new skills.
Times have changed. But there is also opportunity for those who are willing to adapt, and no president can do that for you. So quit tying your vote to the economy, because there is a much more pressing issue in this election, namely the approach Bush will take against terrorism versus the approach that John Kerry says he would take. Unlike the economy, the difference between the two positions are as stark and clear as they come. And are more than enough reason for me to overlook Bush's spendthrift ways and vote for him come November.
So I have a job and you don't. Does that just make me lucky? Is that your point?
If I lose my job, (I could at any second,) will you also think that is unfair?
I just don't get the point of posting this to FR. It won't help you get a job, and anyway, what does this have to do with Bush? Is it his fault, too? So you don't have a job and therefore neither should Bush? Whatever.
Good luck, anyway, I guess.....since luck is what you must think it's all about....
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