We need freaking jobs

Just saw a news item about this on the CBS Early Show.
I signed up right away.

I Need A Freaking Job (INAFJ)

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote to Rep. Chris Van Hollen, our congressperson, saying the Democrats needed to do much more to create jobs. All I got was a standard "Thank you for writing, blah blah blah" response. Gee, thanks.

The Democratic Party needs to start seriously creating jobs, and soon. But I don't see any signs of this happening. Don't they remember James Carville's famous sign, "It's the economy, stupid" from the Clinton campaign? It's the only really significant thing Carville has ever written, IMHO.

the longer I work at a crappy wage, the less I put into Social Security--and I am not too far off from the age when I can start to collect SS. It scares me because right now, if I had to collect SS, I would get next to nothing. Plus, I have not been feeling that well on and off over the last few months, and that scares me too because maybe I won't be able to work if this keeps up.

My cable station interviewed a state rep yesterday and she claims a healthy job market is two years off. I can't wait to years; I'm dying now.

who probably won't even see it. maybe they could just show them the bikini graph.

Mostly Repub comments, half wondering how the economy got in such a mess, who you can't sell a clue to because they are yelling "GLUE? GLUE? WHAT DO I NEED GLUE FOR? I DON'T NEED ANY GLUE." The other half are scammers trolling for new "distributors" for their latest MLM scheme.

Maybe I'll start my own.

There is money in the pipe for 3 million new jobs between now and the end of the year. Try to hold on till then, and bust your butt until the job market begins easing in 2012.

I don't have any job, so the only things I can bust my butt at are weeding the vegetable garden and cleaning the house :)

My daughter who has a business degree does it and makes darn good money. More than her husband makes. She said its not that hard to get licenced. Ain't easy or glamorous work but its steady work and pays the bills, including her school loans.

My wife used to do the same thing when I would get laid off decades ago.

Don

If there's anything at all you can do that people will pay for, and that is honest and ethical, start your own business. That's what I did - not only has it worked out splendidly but I am also much happier than I have ever been before. Beats sitting on your butt waiting for the phone to ring, or sending out hundreds of resumes and getting no responses. And the benefits of being your own boss cannot be understated (which those of you who have had bad bosses know all to well).

nobody can make a living at it.

Not everybody is cut out for self-employment, by the way.

My business has been wholly funded - minus like $50 for the incorporation - from jobs done. Never borrowed a dime for it and should never need to. Anyone with an Internet connection has already made all the investment they need to get started.

shipping jobs overseas, this trend will continue. This week I was having a serious issue with HP Software at our company. After continual failures of the flunkies over in Mumbai to diagnose the problem, and provide a resolution, the issue was escalated to a third tier support person in, wait for it, DENVER CO. After ten minutes on the phone with this woman, the issue was resolved, and I can sleep at night not worrying about the major upgrade coming in June. My point is, we have SKILLED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES that could do these jobs as well or better than the "script readers" farmed out overseas to boost profit through shitty customer service. All the US workers ask is a living wage! God, the nerve of them...