I still like the idea of multiple levels of governing - essentially each town votes in a representative, and the representatives of a county vote on a representative within their ranks, then the state level, then the national level.
That way, control would be hierarchical, except from the bottom up instead of top down, and each representative would represent a number of people that he could personally meet.
Thanks for the advice. I actually already have a Master's degree, which I leave off my resume because it does more harm than good in my job search.
My biggest concern right now is health insurance. I did manage to ger a full time job a few years back, before the company was bought out and my division was moved to Canada. My COBRA insurance runs out at the end of the month, and I've been rejected for individual health insurance twice already. It's a scary prospect to be without health insurance entirely, because the small amount of money I've saved up could be easily gobbled up by any injury that requires stictches or more.
But otherwise, the plan is like you said - survive any way I can.
I'm actually doing the same thing as you are right now - temp work teaching Computer Science classes at a community college. Except I'm in my mid twenties.
Unfortunately I graduated from college in May, 2001 - worst possible time - when things were crashing, and as such I have no professional experience with computers. I looked into getting an internship or coop, but my college's placement center was absolutely worthless.
So if it's any consolation, things aren't very good for young people either.
I see what you're trying to say- that labor is the basic value of money, thus things that are harder to create cost more.
That's only one component in the equation, and to many people it's a pretty small component.
The biggest factor is the bargaining power on all sides of the equation. This is why a union worker and a non-union worker doing the exact same thing are paid differently.
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True, such things as regular bathing aren't really necessities for the purpose of biologically surviving. But try getting a job anywhere without bathing for a month.
Since these things are much more common now, it's become very nearly necessary to have them, unless you're both willing and able to go out into the woods and survive on your own.
Few people have strict contracts. The best they have are unilateral Employee Conduct manuals that are only given to them after they're hired and then forced to sign. They will always say that employees will be expected to work extra time in case of "emergencies".
Funny how emergencies show up most days for salaried workers.
Nope, the Constitution doesn't put any limits on Constitutions. You'd have to look into the millions of reams of corporate and labor law to figure out what does.
There's only one reason why these things happen so frequently - the employers have the economic power, and the employees don't. Otherwise, the good employees would have found jobs where they were appreciated and paid well long ago.
There's one way to fix this problem - unions. But as long as 90% of IT worker think they're in the top 10% in skill, and employers can threaten offshoring, this won't happen.
All the presidents we've had for quite a while have been Christians. You simply can't get the job without at least pretending to be one, and you'll have a hard time if you're not Protestant. Kennedy had a problem with this.
Mostly what Bush is doing is just pandering to the hard right Christian fundamentalists - the "snake handlers", if you will.
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You know, there are a number of therapists that can help you with your anger problem. I suggest you find one.
Wow, I guess it wasn't as hard as you thought.
Look, you made a claim that fewer people in the US live below the poverty line, and then you give stats that use different poverty lines.
If you want to use some evidence, make sure it's not worthless.
Like another poster said, if the standards are different, you can't compare them. So the stats are meaningless.
How exactly did the US get more people living below the poverty line than China?
So you have some evidence of your claims, right? You know how many people (estimated) are homeless, and how many aren't, right?
Go ahead and show us these numbers.
Yes, because everyone in the world is dreaming of living on the street, eating out of garbage cans, and sleeping on heating vents.
Or did you think all poor people have a house, two cars, and satelite TV?
I still like the idea of multiple levels of governing - essentially each town votes in a representative, and the representatives of a county vote on a representative within their ranks, then the state level, then the national level.
That way, control would be hierarchical, except from the bottom up instead of top down, and each representative would represent a number of people that he could personally meet.
Ah, I forget some people haven't gotten their new neocon dictionaries. Smart now means "rich ubermench".
Indeed. Not only would universal health care be cheaper for all health care consumers, it would lead to a job boom, I'm thoroughly convinced.
Thanks for the advice. I actually already have a Master's degree, which I leave off my resume because it does more harm than good in my job search.
My biggest concern right now is health insurance. I did manage to ger a full time job a few years back, before the company was bought out and my division was moved to Canada. My COBRA insurance runs out at the end of the month, and I've been rejected for individual health insurance twice already. It's a scary prospect to be without health insurance entirely, because the small amount of money I've saved up could be easily gobbled up by any injury that requires stictches or more.
But otherwise, the plan is like you said - survive any way I can.
Simple - call up your billionaire childhood buddy and get him to have the CEO of the company call you up and offer you a job. Worked for Bush.
I'm actually doing the same thing as you are right now - temp work teaching Computer Science classes at a community college. Except I'm in my mid twenties.
Unfortunately I graduated from college in May, 2001 - worst possible time - when things were crashing, and as such I have no professional experience with computers. I looked into getting an internship or coop, but my college's placement center was absolutely worthless.
So if it's any consolation, things aren't very good for young people either.
The biggest factor is the bargaining power on all sides of the equation. This is why a union worker and a non-union worker doing the exact same thing are paid differently.
True, such things as regular bathing aren't really necessities for the purpose of biologically surviving. But try getting a job anywhere without bathing for a month.
Since these things are much more common now, it's become very nearly necessary to have them, unless you're both willing and able to go out into the woods and survive on your own.
Although not meant to be serious, I'll respond anyway.
Most likely the people responsible will exempt themselves from the system, as they always do.
Damn, I live in Texas. No cookie car for me :(
Few people have strict contracts. The best they have are unilateral Employee Conduct manuals that are only given to them after they're hired and then forced to sign. They will always say that employees will be expected to work extra time in case of "emergencies".
Funny how emergencies show up most days for salaried workers.
Sorry, that second Constitution should be corporations.
Nope, the Constitution doesn't put any limits on Constitutions. You'd have to look into the millions of reams of corporate and labor law to figure out what does.
Obviously there'd be redistribution. Otherwise those 80% of people would starve to death.
There's only one reason why these things happen so frequently - the employers have the economic power, and the employees don't. Otherwise, the good employees would have found jobs where they were appreciated and paid well long ago.
There's one way to fix this problem - unions. But as long as 90% of IT worker think they're in the top 10% in skill, and employers can threaten offshoring, this won't happen.
All the presidents we've had for quite a while have been Christians. You simply can't get the job without at least pretending to be one, and you'll have a hard time if you're not Protestant. Kennedy had a problem with this.
Mostly what Bush is doing is just pandering to the hard right Christian fundamentalists - the "snake handlers", if you will.