HUH????............I did 8 plus years in the military...I am now 53 years old..started working at 14.5 years old ( you know that back then, this was not something to be proud of, just something you did ) what should I do? I will gladly work in an office of some type, but to have someone my age picking up garbage off the side of the road ( like I said, I have spent my entire life working, while the people on 4th generation welfare have gotten fatter and fatter, doing nothing ) I have no objection to earning my pay...but, you better talk to the unions first, ‘cuz they are roadblocks to this, chain gangs, and any other earn your handout program....I am not a lazy bastard, and I deeply resent those who call me that...most of the ignorant posters on this thread and others like this one were not even born when I went though my first recession...they, and anyone like them, can KMA...
Go stand guard at a gas station? Some people should think before they type then read what they’ve typed about 10 times before they hit the “post” button. Anyone standing guard at a gas station is called a “security guard”. Rent-a-cop companies don’t hire old people. Plus, it’s against the law to stand around in front of a convenience store with a gun in your hand. You’d be arrested in about 5 minutes.
You get it mr. Joe. I have had a job since I was 14 years old (35 now, at 53 I’m sure it’s even tougher). Problem is, there are NO JOBS! I am a telecommunications expert, and a broadcast engineer. I have tons of experience, and awesome references. I can shoot video at satellites, wire up a whole city with Wifi, etc., but cannot even find a job at a grocery store. We are hurting. I have two young daughters, and a wife, who count on me, and have been out of work for over a year. Only reason we ate well this year is at least i had time to cover every inch of our property with vegetables. We eat what we grow.Winter will be hard.
After the mortgage (humble country home) and the heating bill, we live off of $75 a week (yeah, that’s for gas, food, clothes for a family of 4), with my unemployment insurance, and my wife’s meager earnings.
For those complaining about an extension, you are full of caca. Yes, I agree, that when times are good, unemployment insurance keeps some people from looking for work. Right now is different, there are NO JOBS, not even McDonald’s jobs. We are screwed. I have worked, and paid taxes, consistently for 21 years now, and have been hit by a tidal wave that we call the economy. We do what we can. I have sold my guns, my fishing equipment, all my stuff I have worked and saved for for years. We have run through our savings. Imagine that everything you worked and saved for, your whole life, you had to list and sell on craigslist, the only thing you have left is your family’s home, and jerks online complain hat you are watching directv and sitting on the couch having a holiday.
I’m a longtime conservative, and far brighter than most jerks on this site, and you guys have it wrong. Are there people taking advantage of the system? Of course there are, its government, plenty take advantage of everything they can. Myself, and MANY like me just want to work, where shall we go? Will you resign and give your job to me? I’ll gladly switch places on that one! The next person who calls me or people in my position lazy, I challenge them to resign from their job, and offer me their position. Otherwise, shut it!