When I say charitable I dont mean in the sense that America is just handing out money to some non profit organization overseas. What I mean is that the US constantly lends money or gives it to other countries that really have no intention of paying us back. In my book that counts as charity when your giving someone money that you know they have no real intentions of paying back. We have dumped countless billions into other countries defense programs / socio-economic programs / infrastructures and the like. As far as you saying on a personal basis of actual Americans giving money to charity instead of what I meant as in the actual goverment, your making assumptions that Americans are greedy bastards and dont give near as much to charity as you think you do. As far as poorly directed aid, that has happened with all the worlds superpowers giving money to other nations. Same shit different country.
Good for you, but what pisses me off is that are'nt more people like you or me that are our age. True that some people have a harder time finding jobs doing anything, whether is be manual labor or IT jobs. But one things for sure, kids that just sit around all day living with mom and dad and finally get hit with the real world after HS and have to move out, should really stop bitching about not having money or not getting enough work in when they work at McDonalds.
Yea, cant afford cable right now. But watching network TV sucks except for Fox just for their primetime shows. But yea, I watch programs and channels basically the same amount. When I did have cable, my remote has a surf button that is basically like preset's on a radio. I had the presets set to : The History channel, The Discovery Channel, G4TechTV, Comedy Central, TLC, SpikeTV, and ESPN. And I would just watch stuff in between those channels, and if nothing good was on ( or their were reruns, which happens in the daytime with cable ) I would flip to the movie networks. Now that I cant afford cable right now due to the lack of a job, I have to sit back and watch network TV, for which the most part sucks.
The reason teen unemployment rate is so high IMO is because teenagers these days are scared of hard work. I myself am 20 years old but matured pretty fast when I had to move out at the age of 14 and start in construction to support myself. Friends and whoever around me would always be bitching about their fulltime job at McDonalds and wherever it may be that pertains to fast food. Working in construction is damn good money, almost any construction job pays good. For two reasons, its hard work, and its hard to find people that want to work. Any 18 year old around can go and find a job as a laborer or a carpenter ( carpenter with a little training ) because being 18 he should be physically healthy and have a lot of energy. Thing is teenagers are lazy when it comes to doing actual HARD manual labor. Hell when I first started in construction as a laborer just toting plywood / concrete mix / drywall I was making 9 dollars an hour and it was guranteed overtime + 40 hours a week. Most kids around me that were bitching about their job at Burger King were making minimum wage and lucky to get 20 hours a week. America's youth needs to MAN THE FUCK UP AND TAKE ACTION IF YOU WANT MONEY SO BAD.
It's clear to me. The USA will default on it's loans. Athens did, so it's an old trick.
Who doesnt default on their loans in the global market? You know how much we have lent Russia and many other countries around this world. Have they ever paid us back. No they havent, most of them either default on the loan or just pay back interest. We have even offered some countries the idea of just paying back the principal and not interest. Talk to the clods of U2 about the money that was sent to Africa. Even though the country is still bad off, IMHO they should still pack bay what is owed. America is probably one of the most charitable nations on this planet. But come on, we cant support an entire continent.
I am probably the best employee at where I work at the current moment. And I find myself getting done with all my projects + my daily work way ahead of time by busting my ass the first few hours while I'm their. I actually ask my boss for work that needs to be done or take it upon myself to do work that wasnt required of me. I see people everyday that spend most of their time actually trying to look like their working. I have done that quite a few times when I wasnt feeling so well or just plain tired. Its actually harder to make it look like your doing work than it is to actually do it. Everyday that you put off doing your actual work is a day later that you will have to work 2x as hard.
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When I say charitable I dont mean in the sense that America is just handing out money to some non profit organization overseas. What I mean is that the US constantly lends money or gives it to other countries that really have no intention of paying us back. In my book that counts as charity when your giving someone money that you know they have no real intentions of paying back. We have dumped countless billions into other countries defense programs / socio-economic programs / infrastructures and the like. As far as you saying on a personal basis of actual Americans giving money to charity instead of what I meant as in the actual goverment, your making assumptions that Americans are greedy bastards and dont give near as much to charity as you think you do. As far as poorly directed aid, that has happened with all the worlds superpowers giving money to other nations. Same shit different country.
Good for you, but what pisses me off is that are'nt more people like you or me that are our age. True that some people have a harder time finding jobs doing anything, whether is be manual labor or IT jobs. But one things for sure, kids that just sit around all day living with mom and dad and finally get hit with the real world after HS and have to move out, should really stop bitching about not having money or not getting enough work in when they work at McDonalds.
Yea, cant afford cable right now. But watching network TV sucks except for Fox just for their primetime shows. But yea, I watch programs and channels basically the same amount. When I did have cable, my remote has a surf button that is basically like preset's on a radio. I had the presets set to : The History channel, The Discovery Channel, G4TechTV, Comedy Central, TLC, SpikeTV, and ESPN. And I would just watch stuff in between those channels, and if nothing good was on ( or their were reruns, which happens in the daytime with cable ) I would flip to the movie networks. Now that I cant afford cable right now due to the lack of a job, I have to sit back and watch network TV, for which the most part sucks.
The reason teen unemployment rate is so high IMO is because teenagers these days are scared of hard work. I myself am 20 years old but matured pretty fast when I had to move out at the age of 14 and start in construction to support myself. Friends and whoever around me would always be bitching about their fulltime job at McDonalds and wherever it may be that pertains to fast food. Working in construction is damn good money, almost any construction job pays good. For two reasons, its hard work, and its hard to find people that want to work. Any 18 year old around can go and find a job as a laborer or a carpenter ( carpenter with a little training ) because being 18 he should be physically healthy and have a lot of energy. Thing is teenagers are lazy when it comes to doing actual HARD manual labor. Hell when I first started in construction as a laborer just toting plywood / concrete mix / drywall I was making 9 dollars an hour and it was guranteed overtime + 40 hours a week. Most kids around me that were bitching about their job at Burger King were making minimum wage and lucky to get 20 hours a week. America's youth needs to MAN THE FUCK UP AND TAKE ACTION IF YOU WANT MONEY SO BAD.
It's clear to me. The USA will default on it's loans. Athens did, so it's an old trick.
Who doesnt default on their loans in the global market? You know how much we have lent Russia and many other countries around this world. Have they ever paid us back. No they havent, most of them either default on the loan or just pay back interest. We have even offered some countries the idea of just paying back the principal and not interest. Talk to the clods of U2 about the money that was sent to Africa. Even though the country is still bad off, IMHO they should still pack bay what is owed. America is probably one of the most charitable nations on this planet. But come on, we cant support an entire continent.
I am probably the best employee at where I work at the current moment. And I find myself getting done with all my projects + my daily work way ahead of time by busting my ass the first few hours while I'm their. I actually ask my boss for work that needs to be done or take it upon myself to do work that wasnt required of me. I see people everyday that spend most of their time actually trying to look like their working. I have done that quite a few times when I wasnt feeling so well or just plain tired. Its actually harder to make it look like your doing work than it is to actually do it. Everyday that you put off doing your actual work is a day later that you will have to work 2x as hard.