Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be

[Kevin]

So you say you're choosing to stay home to take care of your parents rather than casting a wider net? That's the point it is your choice. You are responsible. I'm not judging you or saying you're a bad person, but you have to admit some complicity in your situation. It's not your fault that Michigan is a bad place to be at the moment, but it is your fault that you choose to stay there. In fact, your decision aside from that is pretty laudable. You put your family ahead of your career. Good for you, but you did that.

And moving doesn't cost all that much. Put your chit in a UHaul and go. If you have a job waiting on the other end of the trip, there's where the money comes from.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by Kevin

So you say you're choosing to stay home to take care of your parents rather than casting a wider net? That's the point it is your choice. You are responsible. I'm not judging you or saying you're a bad person, but you have to admit some complicity in your situation. It's not your fault that Michigan is a bad place to be at the moment, but it is your fault that you choose to stay there. In fact, your decision aside from that is pretty laudable. You put your family ahead of your career. Good for you, but you did that.

And moving doesn't cost all that much. Put your chit in a UHaul and go. If you have a job waiting on the other end of the trip, there's where the money comes from.

UHauls aren't cheap. And leaving your parents house to pay rent or whatever in another state isn't cheap. Where does that money come from?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Kevin

So you say you're choosing to stay home to take care of your parents rather than casting a wider net? That's the point it is your choice. You are responsible. I'm not judging you or saying you're a bad person, but you have to admit some complicity in your situation. It's not your fault that Michigan is a bad place to be at the moment, but it is your fault that you choose to stay there. In fact, your decision aside from that is pretty laudable. You put your family ahead of your career. Good for you, but you did that.

And moving doesn't cost all that much. Put your chit in a UHaul and go. If you have a job waiting on the other end of the trip, there's where the money comes from.

Sooo...UHaul accepts future income in order to rent out trucks?

If you have no money because you have no job, you can't just up and move.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Sooo...UHaul accepts future income in order to rent out trucks?

If you have no money because you have no job, you can't just up and move.

Mow some lawns, babysit some kids, borrow some money. Use your resources.

If you have no resources, you are the only person you can blame for that.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Mow some lawns, babysit some kids, borrow some money. Use your resources.

If you have no resources, you are the only person you can blame for that.

So the fact that most people have cut those expenditures out of their budgets is the job-seekers' fault as well?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

So the fact that most people have cut those expenditures out of their budgets is the job-seekers' fault as well?

Most people? Nah. There'll always be jobs for folks providing daycare, lawn mowing, house cleaning, etc.

If you need money, there's a way to get it.

I'm a believer in the ability of properly motivated people to find money. A good criminal lawyer can quote an unemployed person a $15,000 attorney's fee for a serious felony and somehow they can get the money.

A cross-country UHaul costs a few hundred bucks. If you can't put together that kind of money, you clearly aren't trying hard enough.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Most people? Nah. There'll always be jobs for folks providing daycare, lawn mowing, house cleaning, etc.

If you need money, there's a way to get it.

I'm a believer in the ability of properly motivated people to find money. A good criminal lawyer can quote an unemployed person a $15,000 attorney's fee for a serious felony and somehow they can get the money.

A cross-country UHaul costs a few hundred bucks. If you can't put together that kind of money, you clearly aren't trying hard enough.

I really hope you're never in the position I was once in (trying to figure out where your next meal was going to come from).

When you have to pick-and-choose how you're going to eat, UHaul is pretty far down on your list of priorities.

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

I really hope you're never in the position I was once in (trying to figure out where your next meal was going to come from).

He is setting himself up for it. That's the really sad part


I'm flabbergasted at how someone could actually say that a person should move to another STATE in order to find a job. Especially when you are talking to someone who doesn't have the money to move BECAUSE they aren't working.


This isn't necessarily just silver spoon syndrome. I've had a privileged life, but even I have enough common sense to recognize that this kind of thing isn't always the unemployed person's fault. If someone has only been able to go on 2 interviews after sending their resume to several places, exactly how is that their fault? You can't FORCE someone to interview you.