Minn. Man Kills Self In His Car After Losing Job

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[traumer]

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP)

[Baynative]

"Being unemployed at the age of 51 makes a person unemployable in many instances."

I can testify to that.

[nascarnation]

One painful aspect of the ongoing Baraqqi Depression is that most companies realize they can work the hired help like rented mules. Job mobility in the age of Baraq is pretty limited.

[simplesimon]

I see. That must have killed quite a few men by now. Or inspired them to crime.
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My husband worked with a guy who lost his job and soon after had to to to court to be told he’d go to jail if he didnt pay his child support in X amount of days.

That night, he went to a bar, had a drink or two and went out behind the bar and blew his head off.
Sad.

[ottbmare]

Me too. And then some on FR blame us. If we just tried harder we could get those great jobs again, like them.

I think some of the people who say things like that are whistling past the graveyard. They’re hoping that if they lose their jobs, they won’t be like us; no, sir, they’d be snapped up right away. We’re at fault, so they’ll never be in our shoes.

[muir_redwoods]

It saved my niece’s life when it helped her realized that bad times pass but you are entitled to your uninformed opinion.

[Baynative]

Those that are fortunate enough to be getting along had better count their blessings, that's all I can say. Being on the cusp of retirement and having to go back to work is tough physically and emotionally.

The job I held at $80K with a liberal arts education has 30 somethings with MBA's lining up to work for $50. The search is further impacted because the unemployment where I live is in the high teens and relocating may be nearly impossible because our home value has dropped by more than half.

(I may consider taking Obama up on his offer to sue someone who doesn't hire because of current unemployed status.)

[ottbmare]

(laughing) I can’t even imagine earning $50K now. I have no pride left. I used to have such an upscale lifestyle, but now I get turned down for jobs cleaning hotel rooms at the Holiday Inn.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

Yeah. When random people you are chatting with on websites have personal anecdotes, it’s a big deal.

They have torn society apart with their easy divorces and no penalties for adultery. Then they load the backs of men with the weight of it.

[Nowhere Man]

Me too. And then some on FR blame us. If we just tried harder we could get those great jobs again, like them.

I think some of the people who say things like that are whistling past the graveyard. They’re hoping that if they lose their jobs, they won’t be like us; no, sir, they’d be snapped up right away. We’re at fault, so they’ll never be in our shoes.

Amen! Yes, it is up to each of us to make it on our own abilities but the conditions need to be right for that to happen too. Government cannot create jobs, but it can foster a better atmosphere for the economy to do that and in recent years, it has made it harder for it to do so. You have middle aged people chasing jobs that people who are starting out would normally get.

[Christian4Bush]

There’s that pesky ‘UNEXPECTED’ again...if only we could fire this kenyan Klown from the WH.

In exactly 401 days from today...YES WE CAN fire the KK from the WH. 401 days.

[Nowhere Man]

That night, he went to a bar, had a drink or two and went out behind the bar and blew his head off.
Sad.

That's the problem we have with the child support thing. There will be no money for the kid(s) if the father is in jail or dead. Then the kid, if his mother isn't making enough, will end up on welfare. Great move. B-P "Epic Fail" on this one. Sometimes I wish Chuck Barris would come out and hit the gong for the Obama Administration and our government in general and we start over.

Speaking of such, I remember an ABC movie from 1972 where a rich stockbroker, played by Brian Keith, bought a town in Nevada for people who are having hard times to start over. It was called Second Chance. It reminds me a little bit of Galt's Gulch.

[longtermmemmory]

51 years old.

make no joke, age discrimination is very very real in this ecconomy.

As far as discrimination, child support, or public benefits the doors are essentially closed.

At 51 there is no “starting over” for one career people.

Obamanomics, the WH is cheering.

[longtermmemmory]

how about lowering the age a person can access their 401k or IRA accounts? The money should be judgment proof anyways.

When a company has to downsize it is never pretty. The problem is the fact the government has pounced into our ecconomic lives way too much.

Too many cronies who politically have to have a job so a coproration can recieve that grant. IE the solyndra lawyer was the wife of the man making the decision at the government loan office.