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To: Red in Blue PA

What about the jobs Americans don’t want to do.

There are jobs out there. They just pay a heck of a lot less than the jobs people were used to.


10 posted on 02/20/2010 7:32:03 PM PST by Haiku Guy (If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be your slave.)
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To: Haiku Guy
There are jobs out there. They just pay a heck of a lot less than the jobs people were used to.

Really? I don't see any jobs out there for me at any price point. Many of us have long since stopped saying, "I want to make $X per year." We're willing to take jobs doing pretty much anything. I'd do manual labor if my health could bear it. But we can't even get jobs at Walmart, or stocking shelves at the grocery store. They don't give those jobs to former white-collar workers who have more education than the department manager.

31 posted on 02/20/2010 7:56:55 PM PST by ottbmare (I could agree wth you, but then we'd both be wrong.)
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To: Haiku Guy
There are jobs out there. They just pay a heck of a lot less than the jobs people were used to.

Sorry, but I don't see any evidence of low-wage jobs in our area. McDonald's - not hiring. Home Depot - not hiring. Grocery stores - not hiring. Landscaping companies - not hiring. Walgreen's - not hiring. Brake shops, tire shops, lube shops - not hiring or downsizing.

Think you could point me to the jobs you were referring to? My son-in-law has been looking for over a year. He's an experienced construction and roofing worker in Colorado.

46 posted on 02/20/2010 8:46:44 PM PST by Aracelis
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I lost my job and my house. I am scrabmling constant to feed my family and keep a roof over their heads.

Everytime I see Obama’s mug on TV I want to throw up. He gives billions to his friends, but won’t get out of the way and let small businesses survive.

I refuse to collect government aid. I work three jobs and get very little sleep. I plan to make my anger known in the midterm elections and 2012.


47 posted on 02/20/2010 8:50:10 PM PST by whitedog57
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