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The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed
SimuAndy writes "David Dvorkin, a programmer and writer of some repute, has published an essay on The Surprising Benefits of Being Unemployed. Well worth the reading time as a small break in a busy day."
Beware, Goatse.
I was proposing a new business plan, and my boss wasn't too thrilled:
1. Make something Linux related
2. ????
3. Profit!!
Also he didn't seem impressed that I mentioned on his trip to Russia perhaps he would suck his secretary's dick.
Go fuck yourself, or rather let yourself be fucked by Dubya.
It all comes together in the last section: it's just another useless rant from another neo-communist who just wants a handout. This sap should be grateful that he, unlike others, still has a roof over his head.
It is official; UN Statistics now confirms: the USA is dying.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered USA when president Bush confirmed that their markets have dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction their value when he began his term. Coming on the heels of a recent UN survey which plainly states that America has lost its way, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. America is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by being the most hated nation in the world.
You don't need to be a foreigner to predict America's future. The hand writing is on the wall: America faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Americans because the USA is dying. Things are looking very bad for America. As many of us are already aware, as the American economy continues to collapse.
Red ink flows like a river of blood. For all practical purposes, all Americans are dead, or at least should be.
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Too bad this guy is an ass. The only surprising benefit I got when I lost my job was that because I had only recently moved the state of Arizona at the time I had to file for unemployment in my previous state of residence, Oklahoma. This was surprising in that I actually got more money in my checks. I lost my job when Clinton was still president and the economy was already sliding before Dubya even took office.
As for Greenspan, he decided to prematurely burst the economic bubble by raising interest rates. And all that corporate corruption and greed occurred under Clinton's watch. I voted for Dubya mainly to get back at the damned Democrats. This is their punishment for not doing anything about him (Clinton). We do need to dismiss Ashcroft, repeal the Patriot Act, and dismantle Fatherland, er I mean Homeland Security. You think the police state is bad now. Heaven help us if Hillary gets elected in 2008 and gets her hand on that apparatus. So vote for Dean or Clark in 2004.
Where is our Marshall plan for Iraq? 100 points for liberating Iraq, but -110 for screwing up the peace. Thus dragging out the economic recovery.
This is not the bitter rantings of an underemployed programmer. Oh, wait. They are. Never mind!
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
It's pretty simple why this made it to Slashdot.
The article contained rabid anti-Bush references. Therefore, michael accepted it.
To risk sounding like Seinfeld: What is the deal with anti-capitalists? Seriously. There's so much of it rampant on slashdot and elsewhere: those evil businesses, those greedy businessmen. When confronted with the alternative, though, people rarely have the gumption to be consistent in their beliefs: Don't like 'big business'? Think everybody should have equal paying jobs? Read up on Marxism and it's success this past century. If you still think 'free enterprise sucks' then at least be logical and apply that belief to your life- move to Cuba.
Sure, I feel for anybody who doesn't have a job, but consider for a second all the people who not only have no job, but no roof over their head, no water or food- or heaven forbid- no internet access to publish essays on. Where are they? In the dictatorial, socialist, and communist countries for the most part. Clearly, if you really want to do this guy and others a favor, the right thing to do is support free enterprise.
taking out the security guard on the right.
walking forward a few hundred paces to the elevators.
blasting the guy in the elevator.
turning to the side and throwing a grenade in the meeting room.
heading up to the 3rd floor.
shooting the glass door and walking through it.
past the first few row of cubicles as those people were in accounting and were ok
hanging a left. blast off, sound off, cubicle one, two, three.
well... that's kinda creepy actually.
This is my sig.
Fuck you moron, you don't know shit about Canada. Fuck you and your stupid president.
the hair puts coal on your mine!
... wait, what?
If you don't stop reading this right now you owe me $1,000. Send check or money order too...
How about spending 1/4 of that money here at home making sure US citizens have jobs?
Great Idea! Government spending is the perfect way to ensure a healthy, thriving economy!
Maybe for an encore, a bit more money could solve the drug problem, and improve student performance in our public schools!
Read some American history. Start with Nixon, and then go back to King George (18th Century).
Good advice. You should take it.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I've been unemployed. But I didn't sit on my a$$ and play on the 'net all day. I found a job, whatever I could get and made do with what I had. I didn't want to sit at home and accept charity. I didn't want to sit at home and complain about the economy.
.... jobs? How do higher taxes = jobs? Explain that to me? Do we need more bureaucrats? For what? To spend more money on bureaucrat salaries?
Funny how the unemployed can pin all of their problems on Republicans. I read Dvorkin's whiny blog, and I read his comparison to president Bush. It's no wonder he's unemployed. He sure comes off as a whiny liberal.
I don't see Democrats doing anything to increase jobs. I've NEVER depended on the government for a job. How could anyone? It must be a miserable existence, working for the government. It's not what this country was founded for. If the government was our only employer, this country would look a lot like the USSR in the 70's. I'd rather NOT work for the government. Most politicians (Dems or Repubs) want to legislate to solve every problem. It's my belief that the government is here for security and a few other basic services. They are not the answer for everything.
I'd like to know exactly HOW Bill Clinton grew the economy so much. What measures did Bill enact? He didn't do anything. I find it funny that bl*wj*b Bill is thought of as being successful. Frankly, Bill is 100% responsible for 3000 deaths in NYC on 9-11.
Bill also encouraged the "fake" economy of the dot-com boom... and bust. DNC Chairman McAuliffe is worse. He took money from these companies. The dotcom boom... nice. Real nice. False prosperity. It's like going to the casino. Sure, you win for awhile, but it wasn't REAL growth.
What's real???? Democrats want to raise taxes to support more
Basic economocs' lesson: Who provides jobs? Businesses. How do you encourage growth? Drop taxes, lower interest rates. How long does it take? It takes awhile.
For all you whiny liberals that complain about unemployment, why aren't you finding other jobs? Why aren't you in school getting training for something else? How about painting houses instead of sitting on your dead butt and whining?