How about if they just find a job, maybe a job that they don't "really want" but a job that pays bills and keeps them off the dole?
RE: How about if they just find a job, maybe a job that they don’t “really want” but a job that pays bills and keeps them off the dole?
Or in Obama’s world — JOB LOCK.
I am not on the dole. I have a double Bachelor of Science, I am a retired Naval Intelligence Officer. I have written cover letters to employers like Hertz to let them know I will work for 8.00 an hour, I will pick up cars and clients, I will make them feel they have had an exceptional customer service experience.
I never even rated an acknowledgement that I had applied.
We are in a steep sided shithole that gets more slippery by the day. The harder you claw the deeper you sink.
There are people who are users and takers. Everyone knows that. But there are still people who cannot find work for any amount of pay. College graduates, experienced leaders and managers, people with wisdom, lessons learned, a lifetime of knowledge in the workforce, what do they get?
No response.
Nothing. Do people give up? Sure they do. Have I? No.
I will never give up. I will not let these marxist bastards win.
What do you have to offer if that's what they really want? Will you ask them to take "Any job at all, get on the dole if needed and ignore the bills you can't afford to pay? Don't worry about commuting costs and up-front expenditures which exceed the amount you will be paid?"
What we need to do is get rid of all wage and salary taxation, period. The costs of the tax systems exceed their benefits in terms of both quantifiable and non-quantifiable terms. They serve only to undermine freedom in the guise of social good.
I'm sure there are millions like me who are trying to do just that! Being on the dole as some say, what exactly is that? I would like to know, I was on UI which I paid into for over forty years without ever asking for a nickel, now my benefits not dole have expired and according to some on FR I am living the Life of Reilly trying figure out how to keep the lights and utilities on, food on the table for us let alone our four pawed children. I look and apply for work daily but there is always some reason I am not hired. " Thank you, we had over 200, 400, 700 applicants for this position and though you qualifications are good we chose someone who more fit our needs" AKA younger, cheaper, less White, etc. But what the hell I'm takin it easy no stress, no sweat, on the dole! Some people on this site are just plain ignorant of friggin reality.
“How about if they just find a job, maybe a job that they don’t “really want” but a job that pays bills and keeps them off the dole?”
Exactly where are those jobs???
“How about if they just find a job, maybe a job that they don’t “really want” but a job that pays bills and keeps them off the dole?”
It’s really not that easy. I went through a lengthy period of unemployment back in 2010. Most jobs are mirages. Listing only. Paper collectors & head-hunters.
I eventually found employment through an acquaintance. That’s how it really works. You find out about real jobs by word of mouth and that is before they get listed.
People think that you can find a job by logging on the internet. I guess we’re conditioned to think that way.
The dole already does pay many of their bills. It is weaning them off of that which is hard. If the dole were suddenly cut off you would find a lot more people looking for work - any work. It would be work or starve and live on the street. That's how it used to be. That's not how it is now.
The stigma of taking "welfare" has long since vanished from the American landscape. Now it is considered a "right" which government is obligated to provide.