'99ers' exhaust benefits, Thousands are banding together to ask for more extensions!

[Madison]

Quote from olias:

But come on, "done for"? It sucks but most people have family and friends they can stay with. Sucks to sleep on the floor or the couch, but it's far from being "done for".

They have made it politically difficult to play the "fiscal discipline" angle. The US is - 7 years into it - still flushing $2 billion per week into Iraq, and another billion per week into Afghanistan, without any rational reason or identifiable benefit to US citizens. They rewrote contract law and dumped billions to rescue GM/Chrysler. Congress has no trouble finding hundreds of billions in an instant when bank executives' options and bonuses are in jeopardy. This on top of the normal outrageous graft and waste of money they engage in.

It's kind of hard to wag your finger and tell a family of 5 to sleep on the floor in grandma's basement because Uncle Sam is broke, while bank executives are summering on the Riviera on the taxpayer's tab.

 

[misterno]

Quote from Madison:

They have made it politically difficult to play the "fiscal discipline" angle. The US is - 7 years into it - still flushing $2 billion per week into Iraq, and another billion per week into Afghanistan, without any rational reason or identifiable benefit to US citizens. They rewrote contract law and dumped billions to rescue GM/Chrysler. Congress has no trouble finding hundreds of billions in an instant when bank executives' options and bonuses are in jeopardy. This on top of the normal outrageous graft and waste of money they engage in.

It's kind of hard to wag your finger and tell a family of 5 to sleep on the floor in grandma's basement because Uncle Sam is broke, while bank executives are summering on the Riviera on the taxpayer's tab.

+1000000000000

Can't explain better

 

[misterno]

Quote from hippie:

There is no job that allows a person to survive. Let alone maintaining any middle-class status. Even grocery stores want workers with retail experience - if they are hiring at all.

I know several who had great jobs before, now a part-time temporary US 2010 Census that some managed to find. Some said that they couldn't even get a Census job - car has broken down and they cannot afford to repair it.

People are stealing vehicle registration tags where I am. Many cannot afford to insure or register their cars any more. The police are fining those whose tags are stolen!

Welcome to sunny California!

Ok I am not getting this. Why would anyone wanna steal another car's registration tag? Is it usable by any car?

 

[SomeYoungGuy]

Quote from misterno:

Ok I am not getting this. Why would anyone wanna steal another car's registration tag? Is it usable by any car?

No.

If a cop comes up behind you and sees your registration is out of date, prepare to be pulled over. If you have a valid sticker, 99/100 he will just cruise on.

Beware that 1/100 time that he calls it in. Getting caught with a stolen sticker is really bad; you might as well have stolen the whole car.

 

[IanMacQuaide]

Quote from Madison:

They have made it politically difficult to play the "fiscal discipline" angle. The US is - 7 years into it - still flushing $2 billion per week into Iraq, and another billion per week into Afghanistan, without any rational reason or identifiable benefit to US citizens. They rewrote contract law and dumped billions to rescue GM/Chrysler. Congress has no trouble finding hundreds of billions in an instant when bank executives' options and bonuses are in jeopardy. This on top of the normal outrageous graft and waste of money they engage in.

It's kind of hard to wag your finger and tell a family of 5 to sleep on the floor in grandma's basement because Uncle Sam is broke, while bank executives are summering on the Riviera on the taxpayer's tab.

Uncle Sam being broke and bank execs summering on the Riviera have nothing to do with me being successful in life.
You're certainly entitled to your belief system.
My belief system is a bit different.

 

[IanMacQuaide]

Quote from FightTheFuture:

BS!

For years I've been crawling out of a huge pit worse than any economic depression, long before this recession started, most of my life actually. The best years of my life were during the early to mid 80's in a hole called Michitgan, unfortunately there was 17% unemployment. I went through some horrible jobs that few would do for long.

If what you are doing is not working, you have to try something else until it does work. Eventually it will work even though you want, need it now.

Negativity will only bring you negative results. The hardest thing for me to do is think positive, keep saying positive things. You have to believe things will work out. Surprisingly, it actually does work.

Excellent post!!!!
You might want to change that "hardest thing" part, and choose a different belief that works for the positive.
Just a thought.

 

[1flyfisher]

One of my fishing buddies has been on unemployment for 2+ years and says he just got extended another 6 months. He is loving it being paid to be a fishing bum by the gov't/state.

 

[1flyfisher]

So many jobs get handed out to foreigners. Have you been to a casino lately. Vast majority are Asians and Filipinos the casinos import. The casinos bring them in and pay them a bit over minimum wage to be Black jack Dealers, Roulette wheel or to work table games, money changers, slot attendants all sorts of jobs etc. Tons of Foreign Asians and Filipinos working at the casinos in NV.

Also the ski resorts around tahoe bring in all sorts of young kids from South America to work the lift lines for a season snow boarding pass.

Here's something that will erk you.
Friends in a condo have this piece of shit 4 foot tall 3 foot wide troll woman from El Salvaldor living above them. She has been here for years working as a maid at the casinos. Now she has a GREAT JOB at barnes And Noble warehouse (I think they pay $17 or so to start). We don't think she is illegal but word is MANY illegals do work there. We think she has a work visa or something. She has been here for years and STILL can't speak a word of english. Do you know why? Because she can give a shit about learning it or america. She has a husband back home and 4 kids back there. She flies back home every so often to fuck her husband get pregnant then she comes back to have the kid here in the U.S. so they get AMerican citizenship. She keeps the kid for a few months and then sends the kid back to her husband/family in El Salvador. My friends have seen her knocked up and with a new born baby twice in the last two years or so. She just had another baby a few months ago, But right now there is no baby at the condo. Not any more SHe sent it back already. She is Working a job a ton of americans would kill to have for a great wage and benefits. This is not uncommon for all sorts of major corporations to hire illegals or foreigners with work visas. We have an Amazon warehouse and a Walmart distribution center....all of em have tons of non americans who can't speak a word of english working there.

 

[jrlvnv]

Quote from 1flyfisher:

So many jobs get handed out to foreigners. Have you been to a casino lately. Vast majority are Asians and Filipinos the casinos import. The casinos bring them in and pay them a bit over minimum wage to be Black jack Dealers, Roulette wheel or to work table games, money changers, slot attendants all sorts of jobs etc. Tons of Foreign Asians and Filipinos working at the casinos in NV.

Just curious on where do you think they bring them in from?

 

[businessstaxes]

The US as a country cannot afford this public welfare system...The US is bankrupt, don't you get,,,taxes can't pay a fraction of the interest...it's called the

POWER OF 'COMPOUNDING DEBT',,,THE DEBT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER AS INTEREST IS ADDED TO THE DEBT!!!!!!