There is no mention of those of us who are not on any kind of unemployment or even have the option to apply for it. We've been looking for work for the last 2 years as well. Wonder what the numbers would be then if the rest of us where added to the 'national unemployment rate'. Some areas depend on the improvement of the housing market to create jobs and some areas depend on tourist dollars to create jobs. When neither are doing much, everyone hurts beyond measure and not added to the national rate.
I've never been one to think that job security was a living breathing thing; working in one field used to be the norm, but not for everyone. Some want change, learn new things and to the employers, they may see it as someone who isn't stable, which isn't always the case. Here lately, the hang-up can be as simple as not having the right address on the resume when looking elsewhere for work. Without a local address, the resume may not even get read. 90% of the time, a person needs a job in the area they are looking to relocate before they can even find a place to live; proof of employment required (or cash up front)! Stuck and want to get unstuck and can't. Then we see dad's and/or mom's with 4 kids holding a sign on the street corner begging for work so they can feed the kids.
It used to be where if you walked into a business and asked for a job, there were high chances you would get hired. Now, they want a resume and will call if they like you and don't call them. Times have changed! In the 90's, there was work everywhere, anyone could get it they wanted it. The new century brought it a different song, high job loss and less money to be made. I was even forced to close my business early in this century, because cash flow slowed down. I'm not one to blame past or present Presidents, but they haven't done much to help us out either. Now there are those who hate our current lead man, but he is doing his best to get the dollar rolling again. I've spent some time in the city and the money is flowing, from some people more then others, but it is there.
Last I heard this is a great nation, a nation we can be proud of, and I am. However, the guys/gals who are the sweat behind the big guys/gals are probably being seen as peons, nothing, (forgive me) cheap slave labor. I have the Greatest respect for all who are burning the sweat to provide for their families. Some of the greatest workers who are sometime seen as 'in the way' are those big trucks & drivers out on our highways at all hours of the day. Each and everyone of them is the blood and oxygen in our nation. If they all stopped driving even for 24 hours, everything we know to have on a daily basis would come to a complete and utter halt. It would take weeks to get things back to normal. Just like it does for someone who has had a heart attack, it takes some time before they're back on their feet again. Yet, everyone wants quick results on everything concerning our economy so we can get back to where we were during the 90's. Well folks, this is a new century, we can't go back!. We have to find a way to move forward and get everyone working again and punish those who exploit us and our environment for some quick cash.
Now for my unasked opinion about our filthy rich CEO's & other high executives who are literally living off our blood. Tear down those big nasty energy sucking homes and built something green at no more then 2500 square feet, give up 90% of your income and feed & rehouse these families you have forced out of their homes and put them on the street. We don't have to be a nation of Stuff, we can lower our imports and get back to basics. Retool unused factories back to steele, furniture, and the stuff that is used to create those items needed. Encourage smaller needs to feed the whole family and maybe the whole neighborhood. We as a nation did it for Years and we can do it again. Let's get back to basics so we can pay all our debts, foreign and domestic. With these changes, we can actually put people back to work and lower the known & unknown numbers of unemployed out there.
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