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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:28 AM Original message |
Too Old For A Job, Too Young For Medicare Or Social Security |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's me.. that's why I am working as a consultant now.. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. more like a Working Class Hero it seems to me |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Thanks for the hug.. we all need a little comfort these days.. |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
66. You are not expensive, you are the victim of inflation. |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
74. How do they determine your age just from a resume? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Here's another.. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. that song was written by jimmie cox in 1923 & was originally recorded by bessie smith. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yeah, I did not realize that wasnt a Clapton original.. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
61. Nothing Clapton has done has ever been original |
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meowomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:16 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. The GREATEST hack? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #65 |
83. The most overrated guitarist ever. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. I will most likely be unemployed by the end of the summer |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. me too, tailormyst |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. Can you get on disability? |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:48 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Been working on that for over 5 years ... |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
87. Wow. That is all I can say.... |
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corpseratemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. imo why we must have nationalized health care |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. +1 |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. I lived on myh investment money for several years till I started Social Security at 62... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I'll be 60 in a week |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. My medical coverage went from $229 a month to $629 with almost no warning... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. We did the same thing, seeing what was coming. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. It is always a good idea to have the ability to make a living without relying |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Jethro Tull was prophetic, eh? |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. hell no |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. I have always |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I started my own business this year. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 08:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. A very good idea for everyone. Encouraging kids to develop multiple |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. People who want to raise the retirement age are myopic. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Ahhh, another donut hole for the People! |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. And their represenatives and their pundits expect them to do the following |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Elders?! yes some of them but |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&R. I saw the handwritiing on the wall several years ago when the company I was working for started |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. this touched a nerve |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Not only do they want to build a case for incompetence, |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. that's okay - I appreciate commiserating |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
73. Yours and other posts on this topic are the reason we need to .......... |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. I agree. But the general attutide about unions needs to be changed as well. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. It just would help a hell of a lot if we just had labor laws that actually...... |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Yes, "right to work" is more correct terminology. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. thank you |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
57. Many of us are having the same experience. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
79. Yes, I was also accused of not liking change when some new hot-shot |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. Did someone call me? |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. This is a real problem |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I guess they can all become real estate agents like me. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. I know this story all too well,........ K&R |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. I've given up ever again finding a real fucking job |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. (((((((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))))))) |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
88. (((((((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))))))) |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. I think it was about twenty years ago |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. A few of the old-unemployable can leverage their experience by starting small businesses in niche |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yeah, because getting SSDI etc. is so much better than actually working. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Yeah, the welfare queens in Cadillacs. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. oh yea. cause being in poverty and in pain |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Pizza Delivery For Mr Dank Nugs n/t |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. and his buddy! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. 'bout time n/t |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. I will soon be too sick to work because I cannot afford medical treatment |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Pheobe, thanks for posting this |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm 57, with no health problems, yet . . . |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
43. And all of this while the administration is quietly getting rid of people on disability. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
75. What do you mean by that? It WOULD help if you gave some explanations. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. Rec # 50. Or, should I say wreck @ 50? |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Good one. n/t |
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njalbertini (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Welcome to the new economy! |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. kick |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. Beenthere. done that. :( |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
53. ...And too sick for Unemployment |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. Stop complaining and start demanding of any congressperson or candidate |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have been |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
56. If 45 is too old to get a job, then there are about 40% too many workers. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
76. I can't find anything wrong with your statement, but try getting it enacted..... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #76 |
85. The problem is simple for a math major. Less so for a poly-sci major. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. K&R for more of that "change". |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-08-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. And the way to open up jobs is to force the retirement age to 70. Makes sense if |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
64. Count me into that growing line of throw away professionals. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
68. I totally agree. but you and I know that what they SHOULD do............ |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
69. My choice of enjoying a life of simple contentment rather than pursuing an ambitious climb |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
70. Tell me about it |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
71. Since when is 45 "old"? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. The work world does not value experience and wisdom. n/t |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
72. That is the real doughnut hole |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
77. Supreme Court decision last year made age discrimination impossible to prove |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-09-10 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
80. kick |
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