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In reply to the discussion: A segment of DU is very invested in painting a dystopian picture of the US [View all]ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)20. I've been working the last 5 years from home managing an industrial supply website. I'm 50...
and have decided that I'm tired of my current job. It was great, work from home, no working in weather extremes in construction, work at my convenience. But it's a very isolating job where there is little to no interaction with people or with life outside my four walls.
I wanted to return to my trade, which is a construction trade. I was concerned about agism, especially in a trade that is very demanding and requires great physical demands. I have found that my concern was unfounded as I prepare to return to my former 25-year career.
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A segment of DU is very invested in painting a dystopian picture of the US [View all]
Recursion
Jun 2015
OP
That sounds a lot like what you get from the RW...deny the facts....deflect from the topic. Why?
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#7
I do notice that some people want to redefine unemployment now that President Obama has lowered it.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#92
Don't have a dog in this fight, but DU has talked about the poor way
Exultant Democracy
Jun 2015
#100
Exactly...Anybody who is part of that redefinition is no friend of mine, no liberal, nuh uh
randys1
Jun 2015
#152
They said it under Bush every time we brought up the real unemployment rate.
Exultant Democracy
Jun 2015
#200
It's still a subjective measure, like U6 is. And this thread is not about political value,
DanTex
Jun 2015
#137
Maybe because we live in areas of high unemployment or are unemployed ourselves?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#3
Do you know what the unemployment rate is for young, African American males eg?
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#60
"underemployment and part-time benefit-less employment that have become the norm."
marions ghost
Jun 2015
#167
Not quite true. Their lack of action may be because they aren't able to just pick up and move.
haele
Jun 2015
#160
Indeed. It's an attempt at something, but not something I really understand completely.
MineralMan
Jun 2015
#13
I think that you don't understand that many of us are still screwed with today's "jobs"...
cascadiance
Jun 2015
#16
Exactly, they should be tombstoned. There was absolutely NOTHING wrong with AZ's post.
kath
Jun 2015
#185
Wow. Talk about straight up lies. 35% unemployment in black communities because every one retired?
jtuck004
Jun 2015
#103
I've been working the last 5 years from home managing an industrial supply website. I'm 50...
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2015
#20
Wealthsplaining happens when those whose economic condition is more fortunate explain to
RadiationTherapy
Jun 2015
#29
What planet are you living on? I work in a state government job and recent wage increases, if any,
raccoon
Jun 2015
#30
And none of that is Obama's fault, in fact, without him you and I and many others
randys1
Jun 2015
#176
While I agree about the doom-and gloom stuff, you are being overly rosy. For example:
DanTex
Jun 2015
#34
Now was that so hard? We don't keep your prior OPs printed out and pasted to the
Divernan
Jun 2015
#73
Odd that they all did so in the same year... and didn't return to work when things got sooo good. nt
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#51
5% of the population left work in 2008 and about .5% have returned. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2015
#68
Isn't your wife from that "shitty part of the world" And you work for the US government by your
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2015
#197
Yes they do, it is funny all the 'people' here like the OP that make up the biggest lies
Rex
Jun 2015
#142
This post is offensive. Two Americas. Yours may be great. Others face daily struggles.
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2015
#83
"They make those employees clean parts of the restaurant BEFORE they clock in."
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2015
#158
Wages flat for 40 years. The worst inequality since the Gilded Age. Lowest workforce participation
Romulox
Jun 2015
#122
It is all true, just take what the OP says and reverse it. They love to lie about this stuff
Rex
Jun 2015
#139
Yes you are getting annoyed, because the truth hurts so you just make up stuff and stir the pot.
Rex
Jun 2015
#133
Because hungry people don't give a shit about statistics and how they hurt/help a politician...
MadDAsHell
Jun 2015
#135
wages or income? counting the yuppie 401k class that sold out workers is wrong
MisterP
Jun 2015
#143
Because it worked against Clinton might as well do it again, Gore made a mistake distancing himself.
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#156
The OP lives in India, how they know anything about America is a mystery to us all.
Rex
Jun 2015
#162
And a tiny group here is desperately doing their best for Wall Street and the status quo.
Rex
Jun 2015
#172
What the heck is going on in this thread, where someone had a post hidden that just showed some DATA
kath
Jun 2015
#174
You can't get so-called progressives elected if the so-called "centrists" are marking progress.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#178
the relentless, hate-filled assault on women's rights in this country is a fact.
niyad
Jun 2015
#210