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Minn. Man Kills Self In His Car After Losing Job
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Posted on 10/02/2011 12:02:25 PM PDT by traumer

Edited on 10/02/2011 12:15:53 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at minnesota.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: collapse; decline; manhating; revolution; suicide
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To: ottbmare

Yep. The jobs could be based on people’s skill levels.


21 posted on 10/02/2011 1:09:23 PM PDT by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: traumer
Wow...Just wow. Lost my job a year ago at age 56 and anyone who doesn't think there's no age discrimination going on now is crazy. White male over 50 is the new minority! Currently trying to start my own company taking care of my own destination.
22 posted on 10/02/2011 1:18:50 PM PDT by John in Wisconsin
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To: Average Al

And then people with a certain bunch of skills could be hired in order they applied (within limits, of course) rather than going through an elaborate corporate hiring process that just picks the youngest, flashiest, prettiest, or cheapest employee. Perhaps companies could get some kind of tax break for setting aside a certain percentage of jobs for this pool of jobs for the unemployed.

You may have a winner here, Al. Now, how can we get this concept to Herman Cain?


23 posted on 10/02/2011 1:25:32 PM PDT by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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To: traumer

Prayers up for his loved ones.


24 posted on 10/02/2011 1:26:35 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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To: Baynative
The sad part of all this stress is the cold hard fact that most people know in their hearts our president is not being sincere about wanting America to rebound. His agenda is quite different from what he says in his town halls and the hurting part of this reality is that many in the media understand his true feelings and will say nothing, nor will they question him about his motives and his misguided group of Czars.

That's a huge part of it. Most sane people do know and understand that we do not have people in power that care for this country, instead they are trying to wreck it. Obama is a pig, so is his wife and family. The whole group he appoints are pigs. They are pigs like in Orwell's "Animal Farm" except they are much beyond "all animals are equals, but some are more equal than others," where they see themselves as superiors. They don't give a tinker's "dang" about us and see us as slaves.

Well, I guess I'd better report myself to Attackwatch for calling Obama a pig. Maybe that would be after my report where I flipped off the motorcade with The Bird as it passed me on the highway here in Pittsburgh.
25 posted on 10/02/2011 1:27:56 PM PDT by Nowhere Man ("People should not fear their government, their government should fear the people." - V for Vendetta)
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To: ottbmare; Average Al

Love the idea too. I always thought job interviews should be given where the applicant is behind a wall and uses a voice changer to filter out most biases although that is for another time.


26 posted on 10/02/2011 1:30:14 PM PDT by Nowhere Man ("People should not fear their government, their government should fear the people." - V for Vendetta)
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To: ottbmare
If you really want to hear the Dems squawk, tell them 15% of all government jobs must be reserved for this purpose too.
27 posted on 10/02/2011 1:32:40 PM PDT by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: Nowhere Man

Well if you would like to make the process a bit more relevant have people take one of several standardized jobs skill tests based on the level of job they are applying for. That way employers don’t have to rely solely on phony resumes or reluctant job references to guess at people’s jobs skills.


28 posted on 10/02/2011 1:39:13 PM PDT by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: Larry Lucido

That isn’t really true except in rare circumstances. The key is to get in front of the Judge as soon as possible, becuase the changes are not retroactive. If you wait filing papers to change support, you do so at your own cost. The first place to go after the unemployment office is the court administrator in the county with the child support order to request a suspension or reduction.

The support will be changed to reflect the new income, and may use unemployment benefits as the income basis.

There are times when the court imputes income of at least minimum wage, especially if the obligor does not prove that he has tried to get a job with sufficient effort in good faith.

Having said that, there are lost of guys, and gals, paying more than they can afford, but they need to do the right things to protect themselves. They look and look for work, but do not find any, and they are sometimes accused of not looking hard enough.

The court also assumes that the most important expenditure is the child support, so the other things in live must suffer before the children do.

It is a difficult circumstance, added on to another hard time, though, no matter how you cut it.

Maybe if we give more money to bail out the banks that will help...yeah, that’s a good idea.


29 posted on 10/02/2011 1:41:48 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota (Which are you? A producer, a looter, or a moocher of wealth?)
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To: Average Al

instead of your idea, what about repealing all the regulations that prevent people from being creative, or hiring marginalized people.


30 posted on 10/02/2011 1:47:51 PM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: Chickensoup

Well just identifying all of them should put a lot of people to work for years.


31 posted on 10/02/2011 2:08:33 PM PDT by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: Average Al

Well just identifying all of them should put a lot of people to work for years.

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You have a point.


32 posted on 10/02/2011 2:27:39 PM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: John in Wisconsin
See, you did the right thing. You took your own destiny into your own hands. If a person has a lawn mower and weed eater, he can get by day to day by moving yards. I received a flyer from a man who has a truck and is going around hauling away whatever you want him to haul. I'm sure he picks up a lot of stuff that he can sale at flea markets,etc. He does not charge for picking up your basement or garage junk. He resells it. There are so many things that one can do. I would love for someone to come and wash down my aluminum siding. Can't find a soul to do that. Can't find anyone to mow my tiny little yard for less than a fortune. If you look around there are all sorts of "needs" to be filled.

I think what bothers me is the generation that is now suffering from the bad economy is the generation that we raised to never want for anything. They simply do not know how to cope. Sad. God always makes a way if you trust and follow where He points.

33 posted on 10/02/2011 2:31:03 PM PDT by WVNan (!)
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To: Average Al

Yep. Then Obozo would be unemployed. Oh and Obozo this man’s blood is on your head! Thanks, mr. hope and change.


34 posted on 10/02/2011 2:34:00 PM PDT by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: traumer

Watch hi tech execs, including former ones like Bill Gates,
whine about shortage of software professionals to hire,
and then refuse to hire anyone over 45, while your senator, D or R,
votes for extending the H1B program, and will do nothing
about American jobs floating to India.


35 posted on 10/02/2011 2:36:07 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: traumer

And after he is dead the revenue folks will strip anything else left to pay for their crony unionized political parties.

Its time to clean up America, all of us are being called upon to figuratively walk the highways picking up the trash.

Those who don’t are either lazy or are contributors.

These over zealous child protection services are nothing but male hating druidesess out to remove the male species and everything he owns.

I know the feeling but I am not quite that desperate to take my life, my days are numbered from a higher authority.


36 posted on 10/02/2011 2:42:04 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Sarah Palin and John Bolton--- 2012)
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To: muir_redwoods
Permanent solution to a temporary problem.

This comment, which is routinely found on suicide stories, is flippant and despicable.

37 posted on 10/02/2011 2:49:43 PM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: Theodore R.

“...the gentleman must have had few expectations of being hired elsewhere...”

Believe you nailed it down. Being unemployed at the age of 51 makes a person unemployable in many instances.


38 posted on 10/02/2011 3:32:56 PM PDT by Ernie Kaputnik ((It's a mad, mad, mad world.))
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To: traumer
...Graves received an unexpectedly poor performance review Monday and was fired Thursday.

This is apparently how companies do these things nowadays based on personal experience. You can go from consistently excellent ratings for years to suddenly being rated low on the totem pole and then out the door with you. That way they can claim you were let go for cause rather than due to age and you can't do much about it. This is a really sad story.

39 posted on 10/02/2011 3:44:49 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: traumer

Well....I can understand why he was terminated....must of been off his medication.


40 posted on 10/02/2011 3:48:37 PM PDT by Fawn (No TO PERRY!!!!!!!!!)
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