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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 664125" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I can actually relate to this, being disabled and having so much trouble having jobs and then having to listen to sometimes ignorant, stupid people who do not deserve their jobs, but get them due to luck, connections, money, you name it.</p><p>I understand the freedom of not having to be under the thumb of these same people who have no accountability themselves. In OUR country, as opposed to others, workers don't sign contracts that can protect them from unlawful termination. They can do with us whatever they like and I hate it that workers have no rights by law in most states.</p><p></p><p>Where I have the most trouble with this thinking is breaking the law. I'm a real stickler for not trampling on the rights of others and not filling my body with even alcohol, let alone pot, cocaine or heroine. That ruins MY life. So I have always worked the best I could, often underpaid, often fired with no recourse. "You are so intelligent when you speak, I did not expect you to make so many mistakes."</p><p></p><p>I am not ashamed to get Medicaid. Im glad it exists. My dear husband does not make a lot of money, but money never meant a lot to me. I'm glad we can still get health coverage. With Disability you automatically get Medicare and Medicaid and I have no shame of that at all. I worked the best I could in the highest level jobs I was capable of working. I worked at answering services for years and years, but they no longer exist.After I married a second time and had two young kids, I did enjoy the ten years I didn't work, because hubby and I moved to a low cost but not low class area, where housing and almost everything else is cheap. I got to actually raise my kids, not put them in daycare and let others raise them. I see a big merit in that. I am thrilled that Princess is always there for Buddha Baby. Other countries give paid vacation to their workers. They value them. We don't. I know that at least the French feel Americans waste their lives working way to hard and taking holidays too little. I agree with them.</p><p></p><p>The corruption on Wall Street has ticked off the young. For good reason.</p><p></p><p>I am a rebel who does not totally self-destruct for my beliefs. I know I have to follow rules and I do.</p><p></p><p>But I understand, more than I should, how some people think they don't want to waste their lives working hard only to be treated like crapola by the employers. I would feel differently if I lived in a country that handed out contracts in which both worker and employer had to tow the line, where you can't be fire just because. Where there had to be a GOOD REASON for firing somebody and it's in a contract. I LIKE to work, but not with a threat over my head, which is always how I feel.</p><p></p><p>It is also very hard to start your own business in the U.S. You need money, of course, so the poor are left out and there is a good chance of failure.</p><p></p><p>Although I'm not and never have lived a life of sponging off of others, I did take time for ME. My parents would never have given me money and I am glad. Every decision I made was on myself and my husband and I don't owe anybody anything.</p><p></p><p>Dealing drugs, while making uus middle class peons sick, is sometimes the only jobs available in very crime ridden areas where the businesses have pulled out. I saw a very good documentary on this...how there are no jobs in areas like East ST. Louis. They all hightailed and left.</p><p></p><p>I get their side of the story. I would live like them and don't have sympathy for any drug seller or user, but I do have an understanding of it.</p><p></p><p>Now they are elimnating unions in our country to give people even less motivation to feel empowered about working. We are doing things the wrong way. It isn't working. We are no longer the "Give Me Your Tired Your Poor" people we once were. Heck, I have heard of online folks I spoke with on my politics channel who ran off to China to get jobs and are doing well.</p><p></p><p>This is sad.</p><p>I suggested that people interested in life drop outs and how they live to read a book called The Mole People. They live under the tracks of NYC. VERY interesting.</p><p></p><p>Our parents and ourselives lived in a world where there were more jobs and more loyalty to employees. Things have changed. I'm not thinking they changed for the good.</p><p></p><p>JM two cents worth O <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 664125, member: 1550"] I can actually relate to this, being disabled and having so much trouble having jobs and then having to listen to sometimes ignorant, stupid people who do not deserve their jobs, but get them due to luck, connections, money, you name it. I understand the freedom of not having to be under the thumb of these same people who have no accountability themselves. In OUR country, as opposed to others, workers don't sign contracts that can protect them from unlawful termination. They can do with us whatever they like and I hate it that workers have no rights by law in most states. Where I have the most trouble with this thinking is breaking the law. I'm a real stickler for not trampling on the rights of others and not filling my body with even alcohol, let alone pot, cocaine or heroine. That ruins MY life. So I have always worked the best I could, often underpaid, often fired with no recourse. "You are so intelligent when you speak, I did not expect you to make so many mistakes." I am not ashamed to get Medicaid. Im glad it exists. My dear husband does not make a lot of money, but money never meant a lot to me. I'm glad we can still get health coverage. With Disability you automatically get Medicare and Medicaid and I have no shame of that at all. I worked the best I could in the highest level jobs I was capable of working. I worked at answering services for years and years, but they no longer exist.After I married a second time and had two young kids, I did enjoy the ten years I didn't work, because hubby and I moved to a low cost but not low class area, where housing and almost everything else is cheap. I got to actually raise my kids, not put them in daycare and let others raise them. I see a big merit in that. I am thrilled that Princess is always there for Buddha Baby. Other countries give paid vacation to their workers. They value them. We don't. I know that at least the French feel Americans waste their lives working way to hard and taking holidays too little. I agree with them. The corruption on Wall Street has ticked off the young. For good reason. I am a rebel who does not totally self-destruct for my beliefs. I know I have to follow rules and I do. But I understand, more than I should, how some people think they don't want to waste their lives working hard only to be treated like crapola by the employers. I would feel differently if I lived in a country that handed out contracts in which both worker and employer had to tow the line, where you can't be fire just because. Where there had to be a GOOD REASON for firing somebody and it's in a contract. I LIKE to work, but not with a threat over my head, which is always how I feel. It is also very hard to start your own business in the U.S. You need money, of course, so the poor are left out and there is a good chance of failure. Although I'm not and never have lived a life of sponging off of others, I did take time for ME. My parents would never have given me money and I am glad. Every decision I made was on myself and my husband and I don't owe anybody anything. Dealing drugs, while making uus middle class peons sick, is sometimes the only jobs available in very crime ridden areas where the businesses have pulled out. I saw a very good documentary on this...how there are no jobs in areas like East ST. Louis. They all hightailed and left. I get their side of the story. I would live like them and don't have sympathy for any drug seller or user, but I do have an understanding of it. Now they are elimnating unions in our country to give people even less motivation to feel empowered about working. We are doing things the wrong way. It isn't working. We are no longer the "Give Me Your Tired Your Poor" people we once were. Heck, I have heard of online folks I spoke with on my politics channel who ran off to China to get jobs and are doing well. This is sad. I suggested that people interested in life drop outs and how they live to read a book called The Mole People. They live under the tracks of NYC. VERY interesting. Our parents and ourselives lived in a world where there were more jobs and more loyalty to employees. Things have changed. I'm not thinking they changed for the good. JM two cents worth O ;) [/QUOTE]
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