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Job Searches in 2003 the Longest in 20 Years
Reuters ^
| Fri January 9, 2004 03:45 PM ET
| By Jonathan Nicholson
Posted on 01/10/2004 4:11:54 AM PST by RaceBannon
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Make sure you keep repeating the mantra! The problem is not jobs leaving the country, it is not capital equipment leaving the country, the problem is not intellectual property leaving the country, the problem is not contracts going to communistic/fascistic/socialistic government run countries that prop up their companies with government funds to defer losses that the US companies cannot compete against...
THE PROBLEM IS YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT IT!! JUST KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THINGS WILL GET BETTER AND THEY WILL!
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posted on
01/10/2004 4:13:51 AM PST
by
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: RaceBannon
According to the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesHow about that qualifier - from Reuters, no less! CBPP must be pretty left-wing indeed to get such a handle from the news service.
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posted on
01/10/2004 4:16:00 AM PST
by
jimfree
("Never did no wanderin' after all.")
To: RaceBannon
Bush administration officials have continually repeated that they will not be satisfied "until every American Mexican who wants a job can get one,"
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posted on
01/10/2004 4:18:26 AM PST
by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
To: jimfree
I was unemployed for 6 full months last year, 2003, myself, so, I am not disturbed at who wrote this.
To: RaceBannon
[Extending jobless benefits again would stimulate the economy by putting money in the pockets of people not getting paychecks, Price said. "Almost 100 percent of that is going to be spent," he said. ]
The Bush administration has seen the loss of about 3 million American jobs (a disproportionate amount of middle-class jobs), but only seem to be working on creating jobs for illegals (oops... they are all legal now, voila!), H1B visa workers, Communist Chinese, Indians, Iraqis, Pakistanis, etc.
How does that go again?
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. "
To: sarcasm
You got that one!
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posted on
01/10/2004 4:36:03 AM PST
by
Ed_in_NJ
To: RaceBannon
Me too, except that it was 9 months.
2003 was a *baaaaaaaaad* year.
To: RaceBannon
As a percentage of all the unemployed, the long-term jobless -- those out of work for 27 weeks or more -- made up 22.1 percent in 2003, the highest annual number since 23.9 percent in 1983. Six months?!!! Hell, that's SHORT term!!
To: Ronly Bonly Jones
Worst year ever.
To: sarcasm
There is something that I first hadn't considered with the Bush proposal, the guest worker program does not just include Mexicans it includes any foreign worker. This will be exploited by large firms offering the replacement of American workers -legally.. not having to deal with the H-1 visa program. There is no provision in Bush's proposal to prevent it.
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:33:03 AM PST
by
Zipporah
(Write inTancredo in 2004)
To: RaceBannon
THE PROBLEM IS YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT IT!! JUST KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THINGS WILL GET BETTER AND THEY WILL!In fact, they will get better, they are getting better, and if you have the right attitude, you can cause them to get better.
But your point is well taken. It's NOT all in your mind. There's a real problem here, and if you're suffering, well, you're not the only one.
But even in this situation, finding the road out starts with what you are thinking in your head.
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: RaceBannon
How does anyone go 6 months without a job?
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:47:06 AM PST
by
dakine
To: RaceBannon
What do you do? Are you making more or less now that you found a job? I went through the early 90's with 7 different jobs, 5 of those 7 companies are now out of business, but I made more at each new position than I did before. From 93-94 I worked on average 7months/year, but still made more than I did in previous years. To a certain extent, it is how and what you look for.
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:47:38 AM PST
by
Woodman
("One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.")
To: RaceBannon
I have been unemployed for 18 months now, so I can relate.
Sure, I live in a depressed area of the country, but I am willing to travel if the price is right.
Problem is, the price is never right. It's really not worth setting up a second household 2000 miles from home for $15 per hour. I can do odd jobs close to home and be better off.
I'm setting up my own business in the meantime (AutoCAD drafting), but the phone is not exactly ringing off the hook. OK, it hasn't rung at all. But I'm not giving up. Gotta' make more personal visits next week.
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:48:49 AM PST
by
snopercod
(Wishing y'all a prosperous, happy, and FREE new year!)
To: Ronly Bonly Jones
FWIW My group has hired over 30 professionals since April 03. I have hired 6 myself and when I even tried to tell people we had jobs here they accused me of everything from fraud to making it up (when I pointed to the listings, it was false advertising). I know things are bad, I have been there before but there are also opportunities out there that people are missing.
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:52:00 AM PST
by
Woodman
("One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.")
To: dakine
How does anyone go 6 months without a job?
- Put your spouse to work (or increase his/her hours).
- Borrow money
- Cut back on your lifestyle
- Sell stuff
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:52:01 AM PST
by
snopercod
(Wishing y'all a prosperous, happy, and FREE new year!)
To: LibertyAndJusticeForAll
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. "That's some strange-looking text there...
Where'd you get it from? It looks like it came from that wierd, old-fashioned and certainly outdated document from ages ago.
Are you sure it still applies today?
(/sarcasm...kinda)
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:54:19 AM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("By all that we hold dear on this Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!")
To: LibertyAndJusticeForAll
MSNBC just mention that the unemployment rate is only going down because of the increasing number of workers who have "given up" - 300,000 by their count.
Personally, I think there are probably a lot more than that. But we haven't given up, we are still looking - we just don't get any more benefits.
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posted on
01/10/2004 5:56:10 AM PST
by
snopercod
(Wishing y'all a prosperous, happy, and FREE new year!)
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