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Originally Posted by Kevin
We can't just keep treating the federal government as if they have unlimited funds. I agree that eventually the benefits have to dry up. The dole is a temporary measure, not a way of life. There are jobs out there and if that fails, there's entrepreneurship.
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I don't mean to be a pain, but as I thought more and more, I got a bit more frustrated with your answer.
The reason why I got frustrated is because you say that
there are jobs out there and if that fails, there's entrepreneurship. My question to you is have you ever been unemployed? Have you ever had to have that feeling of not being able to go to work because you don't have a job to go too? Have you wondered how you are going to pay your light, gas, water, propane, and manage to get food on unemployment? Have you ever had to wonder where you are going to get the basic necessities of life-ie tp, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, etc?
Don't get me wrong, I am grateful to God Almighty that I recieve my unemployment, but if you HAVEN'T been there, don't assume that there are just jobs floating around out there!
I have two damn degrees, TWO and have been unemployed for almost 2 years! Sorry, but I hate to tell you, it ain't easy being green and unemployed! It just ain't easy. If you THINK that it is, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE give it a try and tell me how YOU LIKE IT! I bet, a dime to a dollar, that you wouldn't like it!
I am so sorry that you may NOT be able to understand this, but being unemployed is NO FUN! I am so sorry, it's just not. It's painful, fearful, and tough as hell.
Moving isn't an option, starting a business, with what is my question to you. It takes capital to make capital. I owe from the rooter to the tooter and I just have to keep plugging away day by day.
If you think being unemployed that you don't have restrictions placed on you, think again. In Texas, when you apply for unemployment, yes, you do have to attend TWC workshops on how to get a job, yes, you do have to stop and show weekly how many jobs you have/are applying for, yes, you do have to even OMG, PAY TAXES on your unemployment. It isn't just all fun and games. You can't just sit back, relax, and chill. You do have to work your ass off along with your arms, legs, and back trying to find another job.
I'm so sorry, I have applied at Wal-Mart, Big Lots, and Freds, the State School, and even TDHS and haven't been selected because I was either over qualified or maybe they just didn't like me, hell I don't know. On a weekly basis, I apply for anywhere from 5 to up to 16 jobs a week.
So don't get up on your high horse and just ASSUME that being unemployed is easy greasy and that it's just something that someone wants to be. Don't ASSUME that a person is just happy living on the "dole" of the Federal Governments teet! I can tell you that trying to live on the governments dole in Texas wouldn't be worth getting up off the ground to suck on the teet itself. Alone, trying to get food stamps out here, because of my unemployment I don't qualify. I have had it before, and for a single person it's only $155 per month, and you have to get requalified every 3 months. So don't ASSUME that being unemployed means that a person isn't TRYING to find a damn job! Stop and ask an unemployed person sometime, you just might learn something.
And as far as jobs being out there, when you find one that wants to hire me, let ME know.