The Enlightenment is the first time people started getting locked up for having "mental problems". Before that they were cared for by family and the Church.
In the same way people contend old folks should be euthanized to protect Social Security (which originated to protect the elderly).
Now the most Marxist urban area in the US is kicking the poor around...
And so the last thing people want to hear is "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"
Can't speak much from personal experience here (36 yo), but it is common to hear of 50+ with lots of accolades who can't get *any* jobs.
I worked with a.NET guy mid 50's for a while to get him a job, but he gave up after 2.5 years of looking. He wasn't SUPER aggressive about pursuing it, but his.NET knowledge was better than most for sure.
Then again there are some very encouraging stories on this thread, so not sure what to make of it.
You seemed to have weighed things out with your personal standards and made some generally true observations.
It looked like the OP could be read along the lines of "don't mess with nepotism" like people were getting pushed into religion. My point was that some of these protections have no real basis in religion.
Frequently companies (usually larger ones) fire the leader and the subordinate for this behavior. If you aren't subject to much age discrimination you can get a job elsewhere.
Perhaps you are too young to recall the Lewinsky saga.
Perhaps it is harder to get them fired if you are a dude. Anyway, I think companies can make an effort to remove this junk.
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John M. Keynes likes this idea. Jobs for everyone studying the material gone tomorrow !
If people miss their tax dollars they can just earn more.
Simple! Easy!
What's weird about this argument is (1) it never happend and (2) that option SHOULD exist and (3) people talking about this like its a bad thing
Telsa prohibits commercial drivers because there is nothing commercial about Telsa or what they have to offer.
They just want to STOP profits and dip their hands in government subsidies (i.e. money pulled out of my pockets).
If only NASA could go back to Muslim outreach like in the Obama years.
New frontiers of sensitivity, blaming America first, solving made up problems, without giving any single country any advantage in the process.
That's a contrived way of putting it.
Apologies for not getting the significance of this
Marxists have never cared about the poor.
Hugo Chavez died with 2 billion USD on hand. Why did he have all those personal assets? Helping the poor?
The USSR built "food rights" right into their Constitution and 4-6 million Ukrainians died of starvation years later.
If you want to argue that originally they had good intentions, well, maybe, but the whole thing seems like a crock to me.
I can't believe people call movies a "cash grab". What do you think large governments are? It's a big shake down.
The Enlightenment is the first time people started getting locked up for having "mental problems". Before that they were cared for by family and the Church.
...
In the same way people contend old folks should be euthanized to protect Social Security (which originated to protect the elderly).
Now the most Marxist urban area in the US is kicking the poor around
And so the last thing people want to hear is "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"
... with a PRETEND solution.
I think the DNC should run someone who puts this at the top of their agenda.
Ordinary people in that party are used to having their daily concerns overlooked.
Acting like a leader who isn't running for re election?
As in disinterested in what voters think? Sounds like a tyrant.
Perhaps you are interested in a Mr. Chavez or a Mr. Mao in the white house?
Sends the message: "Don't stick around here too long".
Might as well only hire contractors. I'm not advocating for that. This just sounds like mixed messaging.
Let's give Obama the credit for sending NASA to do Muslim outreach.
Do you think Trump was elected by people wanting more sensitivity, "to the intricacies of politics, back-scratching and making deals" ?
... is that what you want?
More importantly
You're saying the moon could be as wonderful and successful as Antarctica?
Whoa !!
Seriously, though, who is enforcing this? And if this policy would never work in the US or the EU, why would we ever want it in space?
Eject the space treaty into space I say.
Are you of the understanding that the current NASA budget goes to anything other than reaching out to Muslim nations?
This is just pre-canned marxist / feminist dogma.
"It's all a matter of power, Hicks pointed out -- and women have never had their share of it,"
It's all a matter of free wheeling, over-sprawled, flimsy generalizations.
Why is harassment worse in IT for women? The author doesn't care. It's just thumping marxist / feminist POWER POWER POWER.
Undoing 2 years of history?
This just seems like political football.
In other words, people are predicting what will give them more research grant money
Sounds fair fwiw
Can't speak much from personal experience here (36 yo), but it is common to hear of 50+ with lots of accolades who can't get *any* jobs.
.NET guy mid 50's for a while to get him a job, but he gave up after 2.5 years of looking. He wasn't SUPER aggressive about pursuing it, but his .NET knowledge was better than most for sure.
I worked with a
Then again there are some very encouraging stories on this thread, so not sure what to make of it.
Thanks for the tip / feedback. This 36 yo welcomes it.
Wait ... what?
There were DailyCaller people on the JournoList (i.e. the secret group of mainstream media journalists who were trying to re-elect Obama).
That is public knowledge.
So how is DailyCaller -which was conspiring to re-elect Obama- far right?
How about we start allowing ourselves to hire developers over 45 ?
You seemed to have weighed things out with your personal standards and made some generally true observations.
It looked like the OP could be read along the lines of "don't mess with nepotism" like people were getting pushed into religion. My point was that some of these protections have no real basis in religion.
Frequently companies (usually larger ones) fire the leader and the subordinate for this behavior. If you aren't subject to much age discrimination you can get a job elsewhere.
Perhaps you are too young to recall the Lewinsky saga.
Perhaps it is harder to get them fired if you are a dude. Anyway, I think companies can make an effort to remove this junk.