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‘I’m selling my blood’: millions in US can’t make ends meet with two jobs
The Guardian ^ | 11/5/22

Posted on 11/05/2022 9:39:43 AM PDT by EBH

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To: EBH

How’s that democrat leadership workin fer ya?


41 posted on 11/05/2022 11:24:43 AM PDT by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: EBH

Are you able to guard your garden 24/7 with guns?


42 posted on 11/05/2022 11:30:45 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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To: EBH

I’ve had The Gulag Archipelago on my “read someday” list for a long, long time. If it were shorter, I’d probably have read it. Someday...


43 posted on 11/05/2022 11:38:17 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: EBH

A friend from the age of 14, had side/self created jobs.

Then, part time regular jobs plus the self created jobs.

In college, there were all types of self created jobs for him. Like one hour of bridge lessons for $5/hour for each of the other 3 people plus sharing of food that they bought. Often a late lunch/early dinner were held on a free table in the student union. The fee was still $5/hour for 3-5 hours per learner.

Then he, held Study lessons conducted by an A student or asst. instructor in the course. He/she got $5-10 a lesson, and the hustler got the rest. That could be as high a $100/per session at $10 per person. Book the lessons as a study club and hold them in libraries for free.

A jock friend got a local men’s clothing store to donate a sport coat, shirt and dress pants. Which, he wore and left the tags on and went to the free friday and saturday Student
Union dances. If a student or his date liked the outfit or even part of it, the peer student got a 10% tag off for each clothing item at the Clothing Store. The jock kept the clothes and got a 10% bonus for each item he sold at the dances.


44 posted on 11/05/2022 11:42:32 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Vote Republican! They might not be perfect, but the other side is insane!)
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To: EBH

UNLESS YOUR BLOOD IS JAB FREE, WE DON’T WANT IT.


45 posted on 11/05/2022 12:16:38 PM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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To: Grampa Dave
A friend from the age of 14, had side/self created jobs.

Awesome, good initiative! My wife worked earning money as a child from 10 years old, as her family was poor. I did odd jobs as a 12-year-old, including washing cars and cleaning apartments for my teachers and others.

My granddaughters create their own artwork and jewelry, set up tables on sidewalks and sell their designs - they're 10 and 8 years old. They bring in about $150 each time they do this. Recently a storeowner allowed them to set up tables outside the store, and they made a lot.

Do whatever you have to in order to make ends meet (without stealing of course). Things are going to get tough in the next year or two.

46 posted on 11/05/2022 12:19:28 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Craftmore

“Purebloods can earn 2k and more each month with small donations”

I had considered that, but now the thought of anyone coming at me with any kind of needle makes me balk — even if they’re TAKING blood. I am suspicious of the swabs to test for Covid (what the hell is on them?), and now I’m suspicious of a needle piercing my skin (what the hell is on it?).


47 posted on 11/05/2022 12:29:26 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable, but discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Craftmore

I detest needles especially after so many pokes from the medical types recently.

No vaccine in me.


48 posted on 11/05/2022 12:55:40 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Stock photo and video production used to be worth doing for me up until a couple of years ago.

The main agency I submitted to for over a decade had a commission schedule that allowed growth and I sometimes made up to 200 on a generic video clip.

Mostly I made in the 25 to 50 dollar range.

The agency in question decided to reset to a year zero for all the contributors. Essentially pennies a sale.

I quit submitting to them and whatever is up is staying. Adobe and Pond5 pay better but sales are infrequent. A lot of saturation.


49 posted on 11/05/2022 1:06:14 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: EBH

One vote for RAT party is one vote too many. Two votes for RAT party will only prolong the agony.


50 posted on 11/05/2022 1:10:12 PM PDT by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: algore

Tell me HOW you bank YOUR own blood for YOUR own use?


51 posted on 11/05/2022 1:29:20 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: EBH

Cashe Lewis should try TWO full time ‘work from home’ jobs... double pay and doable...


52 posted on 11/05/2022 1:42:59 PM PDT by GOPJ (Are the 2 million illegals a secret army contolled by cartels, China and Biden's goons?)
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To: EBH

Some of those same dopes will go out and vote for stupid RATs Tuesday. No matter what we are still stuck with that brain dead embarrassing old fart who will rule as a dictator.


53 posted on 11/05/2022 1:45:21 PM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: Secret Agent Man

Nobody talks about that. I wonder why?


54 posted on 11/05/2022 1:46:29 PM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: EBH

Sell your soul to Libtardism and sell your blood to survive that poor decision


55 posted on 11/05/2022 2:32:04 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: EBH

I remember people who worked in the steel shops who every weekend pay day would then sell their blood plasma.


56 posted on 11/05/2022 3:39:30 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( FR is on GAB! https://gab.com/groups/67851)
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To: SaxxonWoods

There is wisdom in what you posted. Please allow me to add to that.

If you think you own your own business, but you are doing all (or most) of the work, you do not have a business, you have a job. The only way to be successful in your own business is for you to manage the labor of others.


57 posted on 11/05/2022 4:33:10 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

..If you think you own your own business, but you are doing all (or most) of the work, you do not have a business, you have a job. The only way to be successful in your own business is for you to manage the labor of others.,,,

what if it is a capital intensive business with little labor involved, either machines or capital doing most of the work?


58 posted on 11/05/2022 4:41:09 PM PDT by rolling_stone ( ...)
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To: Chunga85

Need to have a separate blood supply for unvaxxed...
Organ donation too!


59 posted on 11/05/2022 4:43:04 PM PDT by Freedom56v2
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To: rolling_stone

Hmm . . .

I would think the machines are replacing human labor, so it’s the same thing.

I don’t know about the other scenario. Wouldn’t that just be investing?

I was thinking about the tradesman or craftsman who is pretty much a one man show. That’s not a business, that’s a job.

A business should be able to expand, and to be sold to someone who knows nothing about the business. Turnkey.


60 posted on 11/05/2022 5:34:35 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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