Unemployment almost 10% nationally

[knjinnm]

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And I will bet half+ of the unemployed folks voted republican.
But republicans will flip-flop on this once corporatist remind them that christmas is coming and corporatist need a cash infusion.

Buy only "Made In The USA" this year or don't buy at all.
Republicans are after our social Security to bail out banks, they want to tax your employer provided health benefits as income and they want to eliminate mortgage interest deduction.
Right now the middle class is sitting in the open with a bulls-eye painted around them.
Time to hunker down people.

Buy American at:

http://www.allamericanclothing.com/


Company Believes Tracing Origin of Jeans Will Stimulate U.S. Jobs

ARCANUM, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- All American Clothing Co. said today it is the first jeans manufacturer in the world to offer consumers new "USA Traceability" technology enabling buyers of jeans to know where they were grown and sewn in the U.S. The company believes providing this jeanetics will help educate and motivate buyers to join the company in supporting USA jobs in cotton growing and manufacturing jeans.....

 

[RabbitMage]

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Of course for all the Americans out of work and with limited/no benefits, buying American is out of reach.

I can't justify spending $40 on jeans when I can go to Wal-Mart (which I loathe to support regardless) and get a pair for $16 or less.

 

[knjinnm]

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Of course for all the Americans out of work and with limited/no benefits, buying American is out of reach.

I can't justify spending $40 on jeans when I can go to Wal-Mart (which I loathe to support regardless) and get a pair for $16 or less.

Well, compare the quality.

We have to support made in America .. DO NOT SURRENDER TO CHINA!

 

[RabbitMage]

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Of course for all the Americans out of work and with limited/no benefits, buying American is out of reach.

I can't justify spending $40 on jeans when I can go to Wal-Mart (which I loathe to support regardless) and get a pair for $16 or less.

Well, compare the quality.

We have to support made in America .. DO NOT SURRENDER TO CHINA!

I moved back in to my parents house and I'm making $30 a week to cover my personal expenses.

If I need jeans they're coming from the thrift store or Wal-Mart. Or I'll do what I've been doing and go without, since it's hard to find my size at either of those places.

 

[chicksbestfriend]

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I am/was one of those middle class folks that lost my job over 16 moths ago, my job was eliminated and outsourced! Over the past 13 years, I have worked as a mental health profession and because the services rendered to people with mental health issues have been drastically reduced, I have had a difficult time securing a position in my chosen field up until 3 weeks ago, which by the way, I had been applying to the company I am now employed with for over 6 months for any and all positions posted, along with 300 other folks! In my job search, I was informed by many service providers that I no longer meet the criteria for employment in this particular field because of the tightening restrictions by medicaid and medicare on the service providers, regardless of my many years of experience! I had attempted to enroll in the local university to attain a higher level of credentialing as now required by law, only to be told that I would have to pay full tuition and there was no financial aid available to assist me as I was making too much money to qualify; never mind my income was drastically reduced over the past 16 months because of the lay off, so I can not afford to return to school! Unemployment was my Lifeline, if it wasnt for those extensions, God only knows what would of happened; probably lose my home, camping out on the beach, and eating at the soup kitchens and we are talking about someone who has paid their dues, worked hard all my life to attain the comfort and securities, (so I thought) of a good life. Today, I just heard that they were stopping all extensions to the unemployment benefits, how devestating! I also recently learned that Congress wants to eliminate mortgage interest paid as a deduction, child care taxes, and God only knows what else! Slowly, the middle class Americans are being eliminated, we make too much to qualify for any type of aid that are afforded to the lower income brackets and with all the benefits the lower income folks can attain, puts them right at the same level of income as the middle class without all the blood, sweat and tears, and with more money in their pockets, therefore pushing the middle income folks out of the picture. They werent kidding when they said for richer or poorer, but who would of thought of it in a universal sense! "They", whoever they are, are trying to convince the American people that the recession is over and is going into recovering, the financial deficit will get better, more jobs will be created, so out of ignorance, we vote them all in, only to find out that we are being deceived. We are not in recovery, we have not seen the worst, it is only the beginning of whats to come! They want to continue or make permanent tax credits for the upperclass and not the middle class so that they can continue to build new jobs (overseas) and resources (that we will have to help pay for with rising costs of utilities, taxes, etc) to build America back up, thats why they need these credits, but if they eliminate the credits for the middle income folks, and put restrictions on the types of jobs we now qualify for, who is going to drive the economy up with the new lower wages employers are offering? There will be no money left to put back into the economy as we struggle day to day to sustain our basic needs of food, clothing and shelter!

 

[Royd]

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On the upside, they can learn to build igloos and they won't have to worry about the electricity going off, and ruining all the meat in their freezer.

 

[Royd]

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I am/was one of those middle class folks that lost my job over 16 moths ago, my job was eliminated and outsourced! Over the past 13 years, I have worked as a mental health profession and because the services rendered to people with mental health issues have been drastically reduced, I have had a difficult time securing a position in my chosen field up until 3 weeks ago, which by the way, I had been applying to the company I am now employed with for over 6 months for any and all positions posted, along with 300 other folks! In my job search, I was informed by many service providers that I no longer meet the criteria for employment in this particular field because of the tightening restrictions by medicaid and medicare on the service providers, regardless of my many years of experience! I had attempted to enroll in the local university to attain a higher level of credentialing as now required by law, only to be told that I would have to pay full tuition and there was no financial aid available to assist me as I was making too much money to qualify; never mind my income was drastically reduced over the past 16 months because of the lay off, so I can not afford to return to school! Unemployment was my Lifeline, if it wasnt for those extensions, God only knows what would of happened; probably lose my home, camping out on the beach, and eating at the soup kitchens and we are talking about someone who has paid their dues, worked hard all my life to attain the comfort and securities, (so I thought) of a good life. Today, I just heard that they were stopping all extensions to the unemployment benefits, how devestating! I also recently learned that Congress wants to eliminate mortgage interest paid as a deduction, child care taxes, and God only knows what else! Slowly, the middle class Americans are being eliminated, we make too much to qualify for any type of aid that are afforded to the lower income brackets and with all the benefits the lower income folks can attain, puts them right at the same level of income as the middle class without all the blood, sweat and tears, and with more money in their pockets, therefore pushing the middle income folks out of the picture. They werent kidding when they said for richer or poorer, but who would of thought of it in a universal sense! "They", whoever they are, are trying to convince the American people that the recession is over and is going into recovering, the financial deficit will get better, more jobs will be created, so out of ignorance, we vote them all in, only to find out that we are being deceived. We are not in recovery, we have not seen the worst, it is only the beginning of whats to come! They want to continue or make permanent tax credits for the upperclass and not the middle class so that they can continue to build new jobs (overseas) and resources (that we will have to help pay for with rising costs of utilities, taxes, etc) to build America back up, thats why they need these credits, but if they eliminate the credits for the middle income folks, and put restrictions on the types of jobs we now qualify for, who is going to drive the economy up with the new lower wages employers are offering? There will be no money left to put back into the economy as we struggle day to day to sustain our basic needs of food, clothing and shelter!

Tax credits are nothing but some politician's vote buying scheme, depending upon your economic status, and which constituency they choose to pander to...For the poor, who actually contribute nothing, by way of income tax, we have the Earned Income Credit, or whatever it's called....Basically, it's free money, taken from someone who made more and given to those who didn't...For people who buy into the McMansion, 3 car, 2.25 kids, 1.5 dogs and 2 cats, and may I add, run in circles, until you die of stress lifestyle, you have the mortgage deduction.

Get over it. Get rid of it all, and figure out a totally equitable way to fund the NECESSARY public functions...Study the Fair Tax.

ETA: and take away the power of the federal govt. over every one of our lives...Do you want to be free or do you just want to be a mindless cog inside of a machine, just grinding away, for the rest of your lives.

We should eleminate ALL, and I mean ALL govt. subsidies...If an organization or business or lifestyle can't stand on its own, let it go the way of the dinosaur and the horse and buggy, unless you're Amish, of course.

Instead of bailing out GM, what should have happened was to tell the unions, you destroyed it, you fix it, or you can spend the rest of your miserable lives grubbing for money, like the rest of the private sector.

 

[Dunkopf]

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I am/was one of those middle class folks that lost my job over 16 moths ago, my job was eliminated and outsourced! Over the past 13 years, I have worked as a mental health profession and because the services rendered to people with mental health issues have been drastically reduced, I have had a difficult time securing a position in my chosen field up until 3 weeks ago, which by the way, I had been applying to the company I am now employed with for over 6 months for any and all positions posted, along with 300 other folks! In my job search, I was informed by many service providers that I no longer meet the criteria for employment in this particular field because of the tightening restrictions by medicaid and medicare on the service providers, regardless of my many years of experience! I had attempted to enroll in the local university to attain a higher level of credentialing as now required by law, only to be told that I would have to pay full tuition and there was no financial aid available to assist me as I was making too much money to qualify; never mind my income was drastically reduced over the past 16 months because of the lay off, so I can not afford to return to school! Unemployment was my Lifeline, if it wasnt for those extensions, God only knows what would of happened; probably lose my home, camping out on the beach, and eating at the soup kitchens and we are talking about someone who has paid their dues, worked hard all my life to attain the comfort and securities, (so I thought) of a good life. Today, I just heard that they were stopping all extensions to the unemployment benefits, how devestating! I also recently learned that Congress wants to eliminate mortgage interest paid as a deduction, child care taxes, and God only knows what else! Slowly, the middle class Americans are being eliminated, we make too much to qualify for any type of aid that are afforded to the lower income brackets and with all the benefits the lower income folks can attain, puts them right at the same level of income as the middle class without all the blood, sweat and tears, and with more money in their pockets, therefore pushing the middle income folks out of the picture. They werent kidding when they said for richer or poorer, but who would of thought of it in a universal sense! "They", whoever they are, are trying to convince the American people that the recession is over and is going into recovering, the financial deficit will get better, more jobs will be created, so out of ignorance, we vote them all in, only to find out that we are being deceived. We are not in recovery, we have not seen the worst, it is only the beginning of whats to come! They want to continue or make permanent tax credits for the upperclass and not the middle class so that they can continue to build new jobs (overseas) and resources (that we will have to help pay for with rising costs of utilities, taxes, etc) to build America back up, thats why they need these credits, but if they eliminate the credits for the middle income folks, and put restrictions on the types of jobs we now qualify for, who is going to drive the economy up with the new lower wages employers are offering? There will be no money left to put back into the economy as we struggle day to day to sustain our basic needs of food, clothing and shelter!

The people that used to be in power are the ones saying the economy is coming back. The fact is that right now it is recovering very slowly as in slow. The deficit is indeed killing us along with our trade policies. We'll never see the trade policies change. We will also never see the taxes on the wealthy go up.

The people outsourcing the jobs aren't worried about our economy. They are creating markets in other countries. Eventually the other economies will rise to the equivalent of 5.00 an hour and then the jobs will come back here for 5.00 an hour. We will be the ones working for slave wages to supply goods to China.

The sad fact is that the people that put this economy in the toilet are now wealthy beyond anything any of us could imagine and the people without jobs will never see the standard of living they used to enjoy again. There will of course be some exceptions, but for the most part no.

It all comes down to education now. If you aren't educated to at least a bachelors degree, better get a move on. Obama was just dreaming when he spoke about educating our people. Part of the cuts to get the deficit down will be in education. Grants will be gone as well as any kind of government backed student loans. Only the top 2% will be able to afford an education. It wouldn't surprise me if they eventually get rid of k-12 too. After all you don't need an education to be a slave.

Sorry if I sound a little pessimistic. Things are looking a little bleak for the middle class right now.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

Royd said: We should eleminate ALL, and I mean ALL govt. subsidies...If an organization or business or lifestyle can't stand on its own, let it go the way of the dinosaur and the horse and buggy, unless you're Amish, of course.

So, no government subsidy to research to eliminate diseases that are not profitable?

No government subsidies to science if it cannot turn a profit in the first quarter?

Fine tightrope there can turn into a noose if it swings too far in either direction.​

 

[knjinnm]

Call you congressional representatives once a week and let them know:

"We Want Our Jobs Back from China and India!" NOW!