Soggy in NOLA
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I have a friend with 2 degrees, photography and interior design.
She bartends and works at CVS.
Go figure.
She bartends and works at CVS.
Go figure.
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wash the shit off your hands from pulling turds from Becks ass for your arguments and recognise facts.
Oh God... your British?
Suddenly it all makes sense...
And of course, the connection will never be made that the clients who've decided that they can no longer afford to pay for piano lessons are likely The Rich as defined by Obama.
Upper Middle Class people who work for a living are cutting back on discretionary services due to inflation and the threat of higher taxes. No amount of unemployment checks is going to make up for this lack of demand.
I have a friend with 2 degrees, photography and interior design.
She bartends and works at CVS.
Go figure.
I have a friend with 2 degrees, photography and interior design.
She bartends and works at CVS.
Go figure.
I have a University degree in business and work on cars .
This was my choice as corporate management was not good for my soul.
Redistribution for those who refuse to take care of their responsibilities, at the expense of those that do.....
Redistribution for those who refuse to take care of their responsibilities, at the expense of those that do.....
Aw, c'mon......I don't recall the Bush Family complaining about people disturbing their outing, in New Orleans.
Redistribution for those who refuse to take care of their responsibilities, at the expense of those that do.....
Aw, c'mon......I don't recall the Bush Family complaining about people disturbing their outing, in New Orleans.
Gotta love photoshop
Ah the site of cons claiming there is no such thing as rich.
Its well ...........rich.
Its middle class in this country now.
The income divide is so huge after Bush she was middle class
WTF are you talking about? I couldn't do that on $38,000 BEFORE Bush. I can do that now at about 4 times that.
And this highlights the sophistry of Obama calling people who make $250K The Rich.
The fact is that, due to inflation and an increased tax burden, in many regions of the country, it takes a 6 figure income to maintain a basic middle class life style.
WTF are you talking about? I couldn't do that on $38,000 BEFORE Bush. I can do that now at about 4 times that.
And this highlights the sophistry of Obama calling people who make $250K The Rich.
The fact is that, due to inflation and an increased tax burden, in many regions of the country, it takes a 6 figure income to maintain a basic middle class life style.
people who make 250,000 and above are rich.
Why did boody claim they are not?
WTF are you talking about? I couldn't do that on $38,000 BEFORE Bush. I can do that now at about 4 times that.
And this highlights the sophistry of Obama calling people who make $250K The Rich.
The fact is that, due to inflation and an increased tax burden, in many regions of the country, it takes a 6 figure income to maintain a basic middle class life style.
people who make 250,000 and above are rich.
Why did boody claim they are not?
Gott alove this from the cited CNN article
Rosalinde Block, 58, of New York is a musician and author who spent almost 30 years teaching piano lessons. She lost many of her clients during the recession. Despite her degree from Sarah Lawrence College and her teaching experience, she found herself out of work and unable to provide for her teenage son.
Sounds more like wanting to do what you have been doing, rather than doing whatever it takes to take care of your personal responsibilities... which happens in many many cases... funny, I bet I can find waitress jobs, bartender jobs, retail clerk jobs, and many MANY others...
This is the typical media sob story.. used for an agenda.. the typical charity story, trying to garner donations... and a typical 'study', with outrageous claims , and accepted by agenda driven zealots because it does fit their agenda
Gott alove this from the cited CNN article
Rosalinde Block, 58, of New York is a musician and author who spent almost 30 years teaching piano lessons. She lost many of her clients during the recession. Despite her degree from Sarah Lawrence College and her teaching experience, she found herself out of work and unable to provide for her teenage son.
Sounds more like wanting to do what you have been doing, rather than doing whatever it takes to take care of your personal responsibilities... which happens in many many cases... funny, I bet I can find waitress jobs, bartender jobs, retail clerk jobs, and many MANY others...
This is the typical media sob story.. used for an agenda.. the typical charity story, trying to garner donations... and a typical 'study', with outrageous claims , and accepted by agenda driven zealots because it does fit their agenda
Gott alove this from the cited CNN article
Rosalinde Block, 58, of New York is a musician and author who spent almost 30 years teaching piano lessons. She lost many of her clients during the recession. Despite her degree from Sarah Lawrence College and her teaching experience, she found herself out of work and unable to provide for her teenage son.
Sounds more like wanting to do what you have been doing, rather than doing whatever it takes to take care of your personal responsibilities... which happens in many many cases... funny, I bet I can find waitress jobs, bartender jobs, retail clerk jobs, and many MANY others...
This is the typical media sob story.. used for an agenda.. the typical charity story, trying to garner donations... and a typical 'study', with outrageous claims , and accepted by agenda driven zealots because it does fit their agenda
The part I made big, yup thats the problem with a lot of the currently unemployed.
Not all of them but many aren't willing to work 2 jobs one at mcdonalds and the other stocking shelves at night to make ends meet. They will only take that accounts payable job that they had before.
The new hungry: College-educated, middle-class cope with food insecurity - CNN.com
The new hungry: College-educated, middle-class cope with food insecurityBy Stephanie Chen, CNNDecember 13, 2010 9:08 a.m. EST
Rolanda McCarty, who was laid off and once earned $38,000 a year, relies on a food bank to feed her USDA: About 50 million Americans live in food insecure households
Food banks across the country are experiencing an uptick in demand
A growing number of food insecure people are college-educated and middle-class
Families have to make tough decisions between paying the bills and buying dinnerLawrenceville, Georgia (CNN) -- Come Christmas dinner, Rolanda McCarty, a 36-year-old single mother, usually goes all out.
Her table last year featured a rosemary-and-oil rubbed turkey and a sweet ham. She prepared fresh collard greens according to her grandmother's recipe. The dessert -- a rich butter pound cake -- was made from scratch.
But after being laid off from her technical recruiting job in January because of the struggling economy, there will be no fancy holiday feast, no family members pouring into her downsized one-bedroom apartment. She will rely on what she has: canned vegetables and microwavable meals from her community food bank.
"It was a little bit embarrassing," said McCarty of accessing the food pantry at the Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry for the first time last month. "But you know, I have to do what I have to do to survive."
It is perhaps around the holidays, a period of celebration often centered on food, when there is no clearer reminder for many once middle-class families of what life used to taste like. McCarty, who is college educated and served in the Air Force for four years, describes herself as "an independent person," who earned $38,000 a year before the economy took a turn.