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Sounds like the State of Florida needs to run yall's prisons!! I work for Florida DOC. There is NO cable, NO fancy gym equip. They do have very limited, off air, TV that is controled by Dorm Sgt. Their hair is shaved, NO facial hair, same blue uniform. They are fed on less than $3.00...
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Oh, don't forget about those in prison getting law degrees on our dollars, and all the foodstamps and welfare when they get out. Did ya hear about the prisoners filling for the $8,000 homebuyers credit and getting them? I heard a little about it from my DH, I was working 12+ hr a day...
I'm sorry for posting this link. It was meant to help those here that have lost their job, and cannot find work. Not for lack of trying to find a job. I was not trying to start a debate. I had no idea I would be nailed to a cross and set on fire here! Like others have said on this post, either...
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Let me clear this up... You draw a certain amount of UI. It depends on your wages. Some get more, others will get less. But, You must have worked for, and earned a certain amount before qualifing.
I don't shop at Walmart for that reason. Unemployment is NOT the same as Welfare. You draw unemployment on what you paid in. It is determined by your wages, and length of time you worked. You also can be denyed UI if you quit, or are fired for just cause. I never needed UI until my job...
yep, my DH too is looking for anything right now. His company of almost 10yrs downsized after a factory in India took alot of their business. Its crazy! We both used to work 60 hr+ a week. I never thought the overtime would end, let alone our jobs vaporize! I would have never believed it, if...
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the big business thingy is true. they need to stop worrying about big businesses and start worrying about the people
Just WHO then should we work for?? I'm not defending corporate greed. It exists. BUT BIG BUSINESS PROVIDES JOBS!! Have we as a country become so uneducated that we...
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Agreed, more of the blame everybody else, instead of stepping up to the plate. Actually this smelly stuff started long-g-g-g-g before Clinton, Bush, and Obama, but it is time for the man in charge at the current time to do the right thing.
Blaming others is such a cheap cop-out!
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This is why NOTHING gets done. Everyone says "not me, he did it". Just stop and fix it. And it WILL be painful.
Agreed, more of the blame everybody else, instead of stepping up to the plate. Actually this smelly stuff started long-g-g-g-g before Clinton, Bush, and Obama, but it is...
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VERY poor choice of names!
Should be "giveusyourmoney"
BTW, I've needed unemployment in the past. But when MINE ran out, I didn't demand yours. Tough times, tough choices.
Mine hasn't ran out.
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I don't want welfare... I've always worked. I've contacted several senators, Lugar sent me a link for welfare and charities! It angered me! I was able to find a job, I had to drive 50 miles daily round trip. I was let go after a board hit me in my left breast and I kept working and did...