Are you employed full time?

[Mr.Right]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

 

[HenryBHough]

Work?

What a quaint, antiquated concept!

Don't you know that all you need is need itself and others are obliged to provide!

 

[Porker]

And you expect an honest reply from these liberal wienies?

 

[Mr.Right]

And you expect an honest reply from these liberal wienies?

Point. I guess most of them would lie, to make their messiah look good.

 

[Pedro de San Patricio]

I'm technically on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 52 weeks every year. I guess that counts. Obviously we don't work nearly that long though. Hell, they even yell at me for trying to work while on leave. We're kind of socialist like that.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I own my own company and employ others.

 

[edthecynic]

And you expect an honest reply from these liberal wienies?

April 22, 2008
CALLER: Amen. I would like to comment that probably the people that I dislike more than the Democrats, are the pollsters, and I sure would not tell them the truth when I answered their poll. And if I crossed over, I would answer their poll.

RUSH: You mean you would lie to a pollster?

CALLER: Well, for greater good.

RUSH: (laughing) You would lie to a pollster for the greater good.

 

[High_Gravity]

Yes.

 

[Sonny Clark]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

Well, my wife keeps me busy all day. Does that count? According to what I read yesterday, the actual rate of unemployment is now at 23%, unofficial of course. Full-time employed is relative. Full-time at McDonald's means little if you have health insurance that carries a $6,000 deductible, paying $750 a month rent, $300 a month car note, $250 a month for utilities, $150 a month for gasoline, $60 a month car insurance, $300 a month for food and misc. household items, $25 a month for clothes, and items such as cell phone usage, medicines, dental care, doctor visits, money for emergencies, and off-time recreation.

In other words, in order for someone to be self-supporting, depending on area of the country, it would take approx. $2,000 a month after taxes and other payroll deductions to squeak by without the need for assistance of some sort. So, full-time employment means little if one is working full-time, but still requires assistance in order to make ends meet. Remember, everyone doesn't live with parents or friends, live in Mississippi, nor drive a 1981 Chevy. Not everyone that works is in perfect health. No everyone that works lives within walking distance of their job, and not everyone lives in a $150 a month rundown mobile home.

A full-time job doesn't mean much if one still qualifies for government assistance programs such as food stamps. What's more important when speaking of employment numbers, is the number of workers earning a living wage. Some folks that work from their homes, work 15 to 20 hours a week and make a 6 figure income. The number of hours does not correlate to a living wage, nor to being self-supporting. I had rather know how many workers are employed making a living wage.

 

[Mr.Right]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

Well, my wife keeps me busy all day. Does that count? According to what I read yesterday, the actual rate of unemployment is now at 23%, unofficial of course. Full-time employed is relative. Full-time at McDonald's means little if you have health insurance that carries a $6,000 deductible, paying $750 a month rent, $300 a month car note, $250 a month for utilities, $150 a month for gasoline, $60 a month car insurance, $300 a month for food and misc. household items, $25 a month for clothes, and items such as cell phone usage, medicines, dental care, doctor visits, money for emergencies, and off-time recreation.

In other words, in order for someone to be self-supporting, depending on area of the country, it would take approx. $2,000 a month after taxes and other payroll deductions to squeak by without the need for assistance of some sort. So, full-time employment means little if one is working full-time, but still requires assistance in order to make ends meet. Remember, everyone doesn't live with parents or friends, live in Mississippi, nor drive a 1981 Chevy. Not everyone that works is in perfect health. No everyone that works lives within walking distance of their job, and not everyone lives in a $150 a month rundown mobile home.

A full-time job doesn't mean much if one still qualifies for government assistance programs such as food stamps. What's more important when speaking of employment numbers, is the number of workers earning a living wage. Some folks that work from their homes, work 15 to 20 hours a week and make a 6 figure income. The number of hours does not correlate to a living wage, nor to being self-supporting. I had rather know how many workers are employed making a living wage.

What happened to the good old days, when someone could support their family on a single pay check?

 

[Sonny Clark]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

Well, my wife keeps me busy all day. Does that count? According to what I read yesterday, the actual rate of unemployment is now at 23%, unofficial of course. Full-time employed is relative. Full-time at McDonald's means little if you have health insurance that carries a $6,000 deductible, paying $750 a month rent, $300 a month car note, $250 a month for utilities, $150 a month for gasoline, $60 a month car insurance, $300 a month for food and misc. household items, $25 a month for clothes, and items such as cell phone usage, medicines, dental care, doctor visits, money for emergencies, and off-time recreation.

In other words, in order for someone to be self-supporting, depending on area of the country, it would take approx. $2,000 a month after taxes and other payroll deductions to squeak by without the need for assistance of some sort. So, full-time employment means little if one is working full-time, but still requires assistance in order to make ends meet. Remember, everyone doesn't live with parents or friends, live in Mississippi, nor drive a 1981 Chevy. Not everyone that works is in perfect health. No everyone that works lives within walking distance of their job, and not everyone lives in a $150 a month rundown mobile home.

A full-time job doesn't mean much if one still qualifies for government assistance programs such as food stamps. What's more important when speaking of employment numbers, is the number of workers earning a living wage. Some folks that work from their homes, work 15 to 20 hours a week and make a 6 figure income. The number of hours does not correlate to a living wage, nor to being self-supporting. I had rather know how many workers are employed making a living wage.

What happened to the good old days, when someone could support their family on a single pay check?

Skills that were once handed down through many generations were lost when we closed our plants and factories in favor of cheap foreign imports. We closed our steel mills, textile mills, tool shops, toy factories, furniture factories, appliance factories, automotive parts plants, electronics plants, housewares plants, farm equipment plants, and started the flood and influx of cheap goods made in sweat shops that uses child labor. We've become import dependent, and as a result, sacrificed our own economic well-being in favor of supporting foreign economies. Through our unfair, unjust, and one-sided foreign trade agreements and policies, we've created a poor and dependent citizenry, dependent on government assistance programs and unemployment checks for their survival.

The many lost industries, closed plants and factories, once provided living wages and self-supporting opportunities that covered all education and skill levels. And now, we no longer produce what we use and consume. In addition, we off-shore out-source jobs, import labor, and have millions of illegal immigrants living and working in this country.The majority of jobs available now are low-wage, part-time, and temporary employment. College grads are living with parents and working at McDonalds. Employers are now producing more with less employees, and technology, automation, and innovation has replaced many workers. Also, we have engineers, programmers, and other highly skilled workers being replaced with cheaper foreign labor, imported by corporations looking to increase profits.

Meanwhile, as our population rapidly increases, so does the number in our work force. As we increase the population and our work force, the number of available jobs decrease. It doesn't take an MIT graduate, nor a Philadelphia lawyer to see and understand the problem. We've been sold out by our government and by corporate America. The term "Global Economy" basically means "equalization to the lowest level", and we're seeing it unfold with each passing day. This economically devastating process will not stop until we once again allow America to produce what America uses and consumes. Otherwise, we're headed straight for third world status, with increased poverty and low-wage employment as the norm.

We've already lost the Middle Class, and soon the poor will become poorer. Government debt can not keep us afloat forever. Lost tax revenue, strain on government assistance programs, and unemployment will eventually catch up with all of us. Corporate greed and the government catering to corporate America will be our economic downfall within a few more years. We already have less home ownership, troubled pension funds, cities going bankrupt, and malls becoming ghost buildings. The construction industry has never recovered, and those workers 50 and older can't find jobs. Employers are offering less company paid benefits, placing an addition burden on workers' income. Workers do not have enough spendable income in their pockets to support the retail market, and we're seeing food, rent, utilities, health care, and higher education costing more.

What we're seeing and experiencing now is as good as it's going to get until the American voters wake up and smells the coffee. If we don't realize the root cause of our problems and address them soon, it'll be too late to repair the damage. The chickens have finally come home to roost.

 

[Sonny Clark]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

Well, my wife keeps me busy all day. Does that count? According to what I read yesterday, the actual rate of unemployment is now at 23%, unofficial of course. Full-time employed is relative. Full-time at McDonald's means little if you have health insurance that carries a $6,000 deductible, paying $750 a month rent, $300 a month car note, $250 a month for utilities, $150 a month for gasoline, $60 a month car insurance, $300 a month for food and misc. household items, $25 a month for clothes, and items such as cell phone usage, medicines, dental care, doctor visits, money for emergencies, and off-time recreation.

In other words, in order for someone to be self-supporting, depending on area of the country, it would take approx. $2,000 a month after taxes and other payroll deductions to squeak by without the need for assistance of some sort. So, full-time employment means little if one is working full-time, but still requires assistance in order to make ends meet. Remember, everyone doesn't live with parents or friends, live in Mississippi, nor drive a 1981 Chevy. Not everyone that works is in perfect health. No everyone that works lives within walking distance of their job, and not everyone lives in a $150 a month rundown mobile home.

A full-time job doesn't mean much if one still qualifies for government assistance programs such as food stamps. What's more important when speaking of employment numbers, is the number of workers earning a living wage. Some folks that work from their homes, work 15 to 20 hours a week and make a 6 figure income. The number of hours does not correlate to a living wage, nor to being self-supporting. I had rather know how many workers are employed making a living wage.

What happened to the good old days, when someone could support their family on a single pay check?

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[Wry Catcher]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

And both of my adult sons are employed FT too.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

We closed our steel mills, textile mills, tool shops, toy factories,.

what you mean is that liberals closed them with their unions taxes and deficits, not to mention their war on the family and schools or the 20 million illegals they invited in to take our jobs.

Do you understand??

 

[Wry Catcher]

We closed our steel mills, textile mills, tool shops, toy factories,.

what you mean is that liberals closed them with their unions taxes and deficits, not to mention their war on the family and schools or the 20 million illegals they invited in to take our jobs.

Do you understand??

I understand, you're a partisan hack and as a sharp as a tub of wet noodles.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

We closed our steel mills, textile mills, tool shops, toy factories,.

what you mean is that liberals closed them with their unions taxes and deficits, not to mention their war on the family and schools or the 20 million illegals they invited in to take our jobs.

Do you understand??

I understand, you're a partisan hack and as a sharp as a tub of wet noodles.

translation: as a typical liberal I lack the IQ to respond with substance so I'll try to distract or change the subject with personal attack.

 

[Moonglow]

We closed our steel mills, textile mills, tool shops, toy factories,.

what you mean is that liberals closed them with their unions taxes and deficits, not to mention their war on the family and schools or the 20 million illegals they invited in to take our jobs.

Do you understand??

Not really cheap Japanese steel and autos was a large blow to the heart of the industry.....When we had the edge with an untouched nation with full industrialized capacity to supply the world, we were on top, but they rebuilt and now compete for the same markets we used to have a monopoly of.....

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Not really cheap Japanese steel and autos was a large blow to the heart of the industry.....

too stupid as always we have a huge and growing auto industry in America. In fact BMW's biggest plant in the world is here despite cheap steel. The only difference now is that the industry is foreign owned and located down south away from scummy liberal unions.

Do you get it now?

 

[Roadrunner]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

After working from 16 I retired at 56, making room for someone else.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Unofficial poll. Just want to see how close it is to all of the statistics I've been seeing.

After working from 16 I retired at 56, making room for someone else.

don't kid yourself there are as many jobs as people. China has plenty of jobs for 100's of millions. Do you understand?