Posted on 04/05/2009 5:12:56 AM PDT by grimalkin
They’re just naive kids. The dad, however, should be raising them better than this.
Poor little dears, they believed the Liar in Chief.
So sad.
“My name is Lilian Deck and my sister and I live in Spokane,” the girls’ letter begins. “We would like to ask you a question - where is the help you promised in your campaign?”
A few thoughts on my part...perhaps I'll be categorized as mean spirited, but I'm also not asking for the government to require anyone by threat of force or prison to aid me either...1) What did he do during those years he “made too much money”? I suspect (perhaps incorrectly) that he didn't build a six or nine month energy living expense fund. 2) What are his “over” qualifications? 3) Exactly who did he send those 300 resumes to, how willing has he been to take a lower paying job, relocate or change careers? 4) Has anyone in the Decker family noticed a pattern between unemployment and voting for Democratic presidential, gubernatorial and legislative candidates?
I suspect that if the Komo News had presented a few more facts about Mr. Deck's current and previous circumstances, not to mention a full finical disclosure, there wouldn't have been much of a story. I am very proud that our nation doesn't leave the unemployed out on the streets, but after a certain point (i.e. a year) it's time to ask what an unemployed person has done for his/herself (doubly so when they're making demands on others).
All you gotta do is ask. Remember the lady who publicly cried to him about not having a home? He had one built for her.
Just curious on where that might be?
This is the type of attitude that perplexes me. People need to understand that they are solely responsible for their own fortunes. Relying on someone else for your standard of living is like selling your soul to the devil. You will reap nothing but misery. Unfortunately, too many people in positions of influence persuade people otherwise. They are planting the seeds of despair. Without unfettered free markets and private ownership, this country will be negatively affected on many levels. When individual creativity, independence and ambition are smudged out, no good will come of it. Let the people control the markets and only good will follow.
dear president obuma:
We’re having a tough time. We had to cut back to three daddies, mommy can only buy four cases of beer a week and I need money for gas so I can ride my ATV to rich people’s homes and break in while they’re working.
ps - Did you know spotted owl tastes like chicken?
it’s crap like this that gets my blood boiling because this thread is clearly the MSM ‘s complete and utter denial of what an incompetent and utter buffoon that has been elected to the office of POTUS.
Dear President Obama,
Please steal more money from the taxpayers, and give it to us.
Kleptomaniacly yours,
Lillian Deck
that would be “we got O Baa Maa”
It’s official, the king has no clothes.
They shouldn't hold their breath waiting. Obama is too busy using their dad's tax payments to buy that "romantic dinner" in Prague.
Just curious on where that might be?
I know what you mean the job market for unemployed welfare bums always seems to have more than it's fair share of job seekers.
You beat me to that. Let him use the Daschle, Geitner, Rangel, Sebelious (sp) defense and he can be in Hussein's cabinet or some part of his administration.
Moving to where the job are costs a lot of money. Add it up: direct costs to move a household, 1st months’ rent, last months’ rent (in a lot of places), and security deposit.
At least Mr. Deck is not self-employed, because if he were, he’d be forking over those costs to move his business, too.
No mention here how old Mr. Deck is. Hopefully he isn’t over 50, because if he is, it will be harder for him to find a job.
It helps to have a job in the new location first. If you move there on hope, you would need money to support yourself and your family while you look for a job and wait to get paid.
Good luck finding a job in the new location while you are living in a different state. Heck, good luck finding the money to travel to interview for a new job.
To top it off, what if you get to the new location and find out the jobs aren’t there after all? Or your job is eliminated shortly after you arrive?
“We didn’t have a subprime mortgage - we had a regular mortgage,” says Henry Deck. “When we went and asked for help, there is none. We don’t fall in the guidelines.”
“I made too much money two years ago - I don’t make enough now. We just fell through the cracks,” he says.
I think those girls are scared out of their minds.
My kids are. We are about to be foreclosed on, our income has dropped by 2/3, neither of us can find a real job, we are both over 50 years old, and we are self-employed. One of our businesses’ had a revenue drop of 50% last month — the first drop ever; until last month it had increased every month and every year. Sadly, that’s the business we rely on to support ourselves.
My kids are worried because we don’t have enough money to move to a place where the jobs are. We’ve target one spot, and we are trying to save money from our meager resources to move our family there. Trouble is, aside from saving the huge amount of money needed to move a home and a business, what happens if after we get there, our financial picture doesn’t change.
My kids are worried about being homeless. I thought of lots of options, from camping throughout the summer, to farming them out to several different relatives (and paying the relatives for their keep), to going to a family homeless shelter. Then I found out that the shelters don’t take boys over the ages of 5, 11, and 14 — depending on the shelter — and most of my kids are boys.
Yes, we made more money in the past, and we used it: to pay taxes, to support our family. We don’t have anything we can sell. No boat. No car less than 8 years old. No fancy furniture. An older house that is now worth less than the mortgage.
So many people on here think that when someone faces financial hardship it is their own fault. They assume the family was living a life of luxury, or isn’t trying hard enough to find work.
Well, sometimes, that is not how it is at all. Sometimes people are in circumstances not of their own making. Sometimes people have to tell their kids no to every little thing. Sometimes people are just screwed. I can handle that, but I can’t handle that happening to my kids.
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