thereisnospoon
Gold Member
Oh please.....First, your friend that has Tourettes Syndrome....There are many manifestations of this disease. And since it is a recognized disability, your friend is not the type of person being discussed here. In fact your friend is precisely the type of person that social safety nets were created. She wants to work..That is fine. If she is a skilled individual, then she is just as employable as the next person. If in fact she is able to control her Tourettes with meds, no reason why she cannot improve her income potential. If she is suffering from discrimination, well she has rights and a case.Most people who are poor or low income sure as hell do not "choose" to be. How fucking stupid would a person have to be to "choose" poverty?
Sure they do. Every time they choose to stay up all night drinking rather then going to bed early so they getup and do a hard day's work, they are choosing to be poor. Every time they choose to do metha-amphetamines and rot their brains, they are choosing to be poor. Every time they choose to vegetate in front of the television rather than studying and getting good grades, they are choosing to be poor.
Bulcrap.
My friend graduated highschool and got a 2 year degree at the local community college. She couldn't get a job in her field because she has torrettes syndrom. She's been working as a maid for many, many years. She is poor and works her ass off. She works so hard that at 55 her body is breaking down. Soon she won't be able to do even that menial job, but you'll continue to call her lazy and stupid because she's the working poor. You really think she CHOSE this? She could have gone on disability due to her tourettes and sat on her ass and collected a paycheck from the government and subsidized housing and food stamps, etc...but she chose to work for a living instead and you have the gall to say she "chose" to be poor?
Do you have any idea how much a college education costs these days? Do you know what it guarentees? NOTHING!!! my niece graduated from the UW and works as a clerk at Bartells. They are sending her to pharmacology school and will be employing her after she finishes. Her bacholor degree got her NOTHING!!!!! A lot of college educated people aren't finding jobs today but I'm sure you think it's because they are lazy and CHOOSE to be poor. My son graduated from DeVry with a 4.0 and still hasn't found a job. You think he's lazy? That he CHOSE to be poor? He owes thousands on his education and he can't even get a mw job to help him pay off those loans.
I suggest you get out there and take a look at today's world because you sure as hell aren't living in it.
Your niece is going to pharmacology school. Terrific. Where's the problem? DO you think she is somehow OWED something?...
As for your son...Please do not tell us he "cannot find a job"...What did he learn at De Vry?
Newsflash, those tech schools have low priority with HR managers. They will hire people who have experience with degrees first. Then they will look for people with degrees. Then maybe somewhere down the line the tech school grad will get a shot. No guarantees. That is correct. And that is the way it should be.
The cost of higher education....Look no further than the federal government. Because of federal interference and so called "help" the cost of higher learning has skyrocketed. With all the incoming freshman students starting school with their pockets stuffed with student loans and other grants, colleges and universities have no incentive to control the cost of tuition.
Since when is a college education supposed to be "affordable"?
What I see here is a lot of whining. And it seems you have a family that may be experiencing problems that are self inflicted.
I see where you are coming from. We're all supposed to feel sorry for your son and niece and simply give them what you believe they deserve. After all, why do the work that so many others must. We'll just give Sheila's people a push to the front of the line.
Would that make you happy?