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When People Give Up Looking for Work, What Do They Do?
Wall Street Journal ^ | 03/07/2014 | Sara Murray

Posted on 03/07/2014 10:46:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

The real unemployment rate has been stuck at 11.5% for many months now.


21 posted on 03/07/2014 11:01:06 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: SeekAndFind
That "stream" url is horrible. Try this one.
22 posted on 03/07/2014 11:03:03 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: SeekAndFind

A lot of them did what I did. They retired early. All of the jobs that Obama claims to have created stem from retirees who would otherwise still be working.


23 posted on 03/07/2014 11:03:04 AM PST by macglencoe (You see what the left hand is doing, but you should be watching the right hand.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sit around the house, get high and watch the tube.


24 posted on 03/07/2014 11:04:18 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: RWGinger

TRUE Story.....a local guy called a radio station here and told this story.....

He was shopping at the local WINCO and saw these obviously homeless guys buying cases and cases of water.....and they used EBT cards. He checked out after them...but, when he went outside, he saw them at the can/bottle recycling center attached to the store....yep...emptying the bottles of water and getting the 5 cents for each bottle. Evidently he then followed them, as they left, and they headed up the street to a local bar....


25 posted on 03/07/2014 11:04:51 AM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: RetiredArmy

My 18 year old son has been working since he was 15. There are plenty of jobs.


26 posted on 03/07/2014 11:05:28 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: Rich21IE

That “dirty jobs” guy has a website devoted to getting training and jobs for people. It’s quite amazing.


27 posted on 03/07/2014 11:06:09 AM PST by Excellence (All your database are belong to us.)
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To: Regulator

Nope... look for a ‘baby boom’ real soon.


28 posted on 03/07/2014 11:06:20 AM PST by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: goodnesswins

Great sad story
Just think what whoever thought of that scam could do if he turned his efforts to real work.


29 posted on 03/07/2014 11:06:37 AM PST by RWGinger
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To: Excellence

Can you give me his website url, please....


30 posted on 03/07/2014 11:06:57 AM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: SeekAndFind

(personally) been looking since last May, countless applications, numerous interviews, .....nothing...anyone in Northern NJ looking for a driver? (western morris eastern Warren)...parts, point to point, car dealerships?....seems if your over a certain age...you screwed
Employers have the advantage of picking out of say 100...two or three who they deem perfect.
BUT IN ANY CASE YOU MUST KEEP LOOKING.....


31 posted on 03/07/2014 11:07:46 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Rich21IE

I’m a retired machinist. I’ve seen some of these adds They are looking for “Purple Squirrels”.
They want you to be a machinist (manual and CNC), electrician,(including PLC’s diagnostics), fitter, welder, and be available for all three shifts. Then they offer $18.00 an hour.


32 posted on 03/07/2014 11:08:03 AM PST by MCF
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s easy to answer. Simply go to your local DFS office and notice the line of people getting food stamps.


33 posted on 03/07/2014 11:08:18 AM PST by lesko
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To: Zathras

During my off and off tech contracting period of a couple years, I burned a small 401k and my piddly little state retirement savings. I was broke, ripped off on my final pay by a company I regretted ever dealing with, and had no prospects at the time.


34 posted on 03/07/2014 11:08:30 AM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: goodnesswins

My son is a cashier in a grocery store. He was curious why people buy so much heat-&-eat food and expensive meat with an EBT.
Answer: Easy to convert to cash. You can sell those microwave meals to anyone. Meat can be repackaged, frozen and delivered to your “customers” every month.


35 posted on 03/07/2014 11:09:22 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: SeekAndFind

Move to red states. I know it’s easier said than done, but several of my friends have had luck in Arizona. That being said, there is real age discrimination out there. My thoughts and prayers go out to my brotheres and sisters over 50.


36 posted on 03/07/2014 11:12:27 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: AppyPappy

Or go to cool El Paso and run into a great big hassle.


37 posted on 03/07/2014 11:18:13 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: unixfox

stoned people don’t starve:

MALLOMARS!!!!


38 posted on 03/07/2014 11:19:06 AM PST by babble-on
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To: Zathras

Bingo. I know a guy who is not all that old, and has some marketable construction skills. He weaseled his way onto disability and food stamps. Sent the wife off to wait tables under the counter. He spends his days sitting around drinking beer and watching porn.


39 posted on 03/07/2014 11:19:12 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Jim Robinson
We should raise the voting age to 28.

Try 47


40 posted on 03/07/2014 11:21:20 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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