Immanuel
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- May 15, 2007
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I laughed at KissMy's statement about 1099 workers and small business owners suffering the most. Preposterous! I have been unemployed for 15 months. I am faced with losing my unemployment (more on this in a minute) and losing my house. I have been seeking work in my own field and getting no where. I have begun seeking work in any fashion but have been getting no where. I have contemplated starting my own business, but truthfully, in regards to what I do and the surrounding economic trends, I just don't see that as being feasible.
I own a home (well the bank owns it) and I believe my responsibility is to pay that debt off. I can't sell the house. I can't rent it. I can't find a job in Hillborough County (or its surrounding area) where they claim the unemployment rate is 12% but most of us know it is much higher than that. I am at my wits end. I have come to the realization that I will have to leave the area to find work and if I do that, then, I see no way to honor my debt to the bank.
I've been using my retirement just to meet my obligations and I have had to pay penalties just to honor those obligations!
I am frustrated to no end!
Right now, I don't give a shit about small business owners! I'm worried about ME! You want me to worry about small business owners? Screw that!
I'm giving up!
Unemployment? I've been lucky that it has lasted this long. Every payment I get helps a little. But, I realize that our government can't afford to keep spending as it does. Let them end it as they should! Which, despite the fact that I am more than likely going to be forced into bankruptcy is probably a good thing. I sure don't deserve to be receiving unemployment indefinitely. It should end and it should have ended a long time ago.
I realize that the likelihood of UE being extended again is diminishing now that Republicans are in charge and they have gotten their gift of the tax cuts extended. They have done a good thing for themselves. Who can blame them? But, damn it, they should not be asking me to thank them for it.
I don't know where I am going to turn. I'm getting pissed too! Screw both parties and what they have done to this great nation!
Do I sound bitter? I should as I am.
Oh and in reference to Kissmy's stimulus plan? Kiss my... pun intended. We can't afford it!
Immie
Try a temp service.
The jobs suck, for the most part, pay isn't great, but it tends to be more than UI.
My wife lost her job ~ 3 weeks ago, she starts a new on Monday, threw a temp srvc.
Invest your savings in tar and pitchforks. An inside man told me those are about to bubble.
I have tried temp services. The only thing I can figure is that I stink because, I can't get shit from any of them. Please excuse the French... but fuck 'em.
Immie