Jesus Christ, seriously?

[Faust]

lol, education and skills.

Yeah, that'll help.  No, really. 

Hows it going overqualified, underpaid buddy? I'm fairly certain half the forum holds a degree/masters at this stage.

[Requia ☣]

If the economy wasn't shitty you could get a job with no experience where they trian you to have the skills.  It's how my father, my aunts and uncles, all those fuckers, got their careers started.

Now on the off chance you can get somebody to train you they lay you off a year later, and modern business theory is that you don't count as having experience unless you have *exactly* the skillset they need, even though those skills didn't exist three years ago.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

lol, education and skills.

Yeah, that'll help.  No, really. 

Yeah, point.

How much schooling do you have, again?  And it took you how long to find ANY job?

Yeah, but why blame 30 years of short-sighted economic policy when you can blame smudgy people, right?

[No u]

You know, this gives me an idea.

Make a parental certification exam.  If people pass it, they get better tax cuts on their kids.

We already have that...it's called welfare.

Lowest grade wins.

You can fuck off now.  

Oh...really?

Dude, check the stereotypes at the door, kthxbye.

No.  It was a tongue in cheek remark.  

If she cited the economy, I would have bowed out and stood corrected.  But she cited lack of skills/experience.  I wish to know more.

Oh, look--he's back!  

If you did that thing called "LURK MOAR" you'd know MF's situation.  Which she's been working HARD to get through and done with so she could give her and her kid a better life.

Miss Freeky tries, and applies, and fills out forms...she's the collateral damage that is this economy.  

I made a tongue in cheek remark about those that squeeze out kids to inflate a welfare check.

MF attacked me.  I don't know her from Adam.  If she wished me to know her situation, she would have disclosed it.

Unless MF is sitting around making babies, the comment was not directed at her.

[Jenne]

You know, this gives me an idea.

Make a parental certification exam.  If people pass it, they get better tax cuts on their kids.

We already have that...it's called welfare.

Lowest grade wins.

You can fuck off now.  

Oh...really?

Dude, check the stereotypes at the door, kthxbye.

No.  It was a tongue in cheek remark.  

If she cited the economy, I would have bowed out and stood corrected.  But she cited lack of skills/experience.  I wish to know more.

Oh, look--he's back!  

If you did that thing called "LURK MOAR" you'd know MF's situation.  Which she's been working HARD to get through and done with so she could give her and her kid a better life.

Miss Freeky tries, and applies, and fills out forms...she's the collateral damage that is this economy.  

I made a tongue in cheek remark about those that squeeze out kids to inflate a welfare check.

MF attacked me.  I don't know her from Adam.  If she wished me to know her situation, she would have disclosed it.

Unless MF is sitting around making babies, the comment was not directed at her.

Why do you THINK she attacked you...?  2 + 2 = you fill in here


(and I wouldnt' call that an ATTACK for chrissakes, she was defending herself...damn, I gave it away...)

[The Good Reverend Roger]

You know, this gives me an idea.

Make a parental certification exam.  If people pass it, they get better tax cuts on their kids.

We already have that...it's called welfare.

Lowest grade wins.

You can fuck off now. 

Oh...really?

Dude, check the stereotypes at the door, kthxbye.

No.  It was a tongue in cheek remark. 

If she cited the economy, I would have bowed out and stood corrected.  But she cited lack of skills/experience.  I wish to know more.

Oh, look--he's back! 

If you did that thing called "LURK MOAR" you'd know MF's situation.  Which she's been working HARD to get through and done with so she could give her and her kid a better life.

Miss Freeky tries, and applies, and fills out forms...she's the collateral damage that is this economy. 

Most skilled 30-50 year olds I know would fold in 10 minutes, in Freeky's situation.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Unless MF is sitting around making babies, the comment was not directed at her.

How many babies does it take to become a useless breeder, FW?

[Jenne]

Most skilled 30-50 year olds I know would fold in 10 minutes, in Freeky's situation.

Esp when she's got like ZERO support apart from you, your crew and this board.

[No u]

No skills + no work experience = no job = need to get on welfare.

I see.  Might I ask who we are blaming for the lack of skills/work experience?

Well, let's see:

Huge fucking classrooms in a shithole school system, because our state spent all the money on armored police vehicles to give Sheriff Joe a big fucking boner.

Kids marrying young, have a kid, husband runs the fuck off and leaves young mother on her own.  This is a staple in poor towns all over the country.

I can think of a few other scenarios, but why bother?  You've already decided that 3rd generation working class families (for whom there are no working class jobs, because we have all that done in China) are useless mouths.

Yeah...just because I have a job, I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I come from that same class.  I know times are tough, but there are jobs out there.  I'm hiring everyone from sandwich maker to assistant manager.  

The problem is the lack of work ethic, not the lack of jobs...at least in my area.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Most skilled 30-50 year olds I know would fold in 10 minutes, in Freeky's situation.

Esp when she's got like ZERO support apart from you, your crew and this board.

All my crew does is get her out once or twice a week.  Like I said, she's held up under a strain that would make loads of big tough libertarians blow their brains out.

[Pariah]

Obviously where you live is indicative of a national trend. Just like how since I live in Spokane, Ron Paul won the 2008 Republican nomination for president.

[Freeky]

Jenne:    I don't know about school, except maybe if I can get a loan. All previous options of getting there are gone now.

Roger: I just got reminded of something I wanted to write earlier while on the way home from the interview....

FW: It hit a nerve with me, cuz I'm not proud of needing it. I have a thread dedicated to the shit that goes on in my life, and if you haven't bothered reading, you don't really care.

Also, Jeebus you guys.    

Also again FW, Fuck off. This time, die.

[Jenne]

No skills + no work experience = no job = need to get on welfare.

I see.  Might I ask who we are blaming for the lack of skills/work experience?

Well, let's see:

Huge fucking classrooms in a shithole school system, because our state spent all the money on armored police vehicles to give Sheriff Joe a big fucking boner.

Kids marrying young, have a kid, husband runs the fuck off and leaves young mother on her own.  This is a staple in poor towns all over the country.

I can think of a few other scenarios, but why bother?  You've already decided that 3rd generation working class families (for whom there are no working class jobs, because we have all that done in China) are useless mouths.

Yeah...just because I have a job, I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

I come from that same class.  I know times are tough, but there are jobs out there.  I'm hiring everyone from sandwich maker to assistant manager. 

The problem is the lack of work ethic, not the lack of jobs...at least in my area.

Yeah...no...underpaid workers make up most of our workforce these days.  There are more underpaid than overpaid workers, and people are continuously laid off/given part-time over full-time and not given raises.

Hard to squeeze into getting a job in this current climate.  In A LOT OF AREAS.

[No u]

You know, this gives me an idea.

Make a parental certification exam.  If people pass it, they get better tax cuts on their kids.

We already have that...it's called welfare.

Lowest grade wins.

You can fuck off now.  

Oh...really?

Dude, check the stereotypes at the door, kthxbye.

No.  It was a tongue in cheek remark.  

If she cited the economy, I would have bowed out and stood corrected.  But she cited lack of skills/experience.  I wish to know more.

Oh, look--he's back!  

If you did that thing called "LURK MOAR" you'd know MF's situation.  Which she's been working HARD to get through and done with so she could give her and her kid a better life.

Miss Freeky tries, and applies, and fills out forms...she's the collateral damage that is this economy.  

I made a tongue in cheek remark about those that squeeze out kids to inflate a welfare check.

MF attacked me.  I don't know her from Adam.  If she wished me to know her situation, she would have disclosed it.

Unless MF is sitting around making babies, the comment was not directed at her.

Why do you THINK she attacked you...?  2 + 2 = you fill in here

You know, this gives me an idea.

Make a parental certification exam.  If people pass it, they get better tax cuts on their kids.

We already have that...it's called welfare.

Lowest grade wins.

You can fuck off now.  

(and I wouldnt' call that an ATTACK for chrissakes, she was defending herself...damn, I gave it away...)

No...unless she's making babies to collect welfare, here defense was not in this context.  My reply was in response to parenting.

[Jenne]

Most skilled 30-50 year olds I know would fold in 10 minutes, in Freeky's situation.

Esp when she's got like ZERO support apart from you, your crew and this board.

All my crew does is get her out once or twice a week.  Like I said, she's held up under a strain that would make loads of big tough libertarians blow their brains out.

Getting out and about will be the small bit that keeps her sane.