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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:11 AM Original message |
Americans Drop Out of Labor Force, Posing Risks for Bush, Fed |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. So much for the Prez's promise of more jobs via the TAX CUT |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. how do you pay your bills when you "drop out of the labor force" |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Usually comes from spouses |
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davhill (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I dropped out |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. this is just my opinion |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. These guys have worked for a few years. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. "they'll declare bankruptcy" |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The primary homeless shelter in Minneapolis |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. BSEE, MBA, Commercial Pilot, Honorably Discharged Veteran |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Try regional airlines |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Only Have 1200 Hours, 500 of Which Is TurboProp |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. mhr - things are better in aviation than you think. |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No Connections, No Instructor Rating, Lots Of Real World Experience |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-09-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Check this site out. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. I watched people last year when I lost my job at the supermarket here |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. and it's only going to get worse, even w/o W |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Your post reminds me of one of Reagan's more insane |
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readmylips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. 4 of our friends have lost their jobs.... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. You think it's bad now. Just wait for it. |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Sorry |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. See This Link For Chalmers Johnson At Buzz Flash |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Awful! Thanks. ( NT ) |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. You are correct! |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. When you fall behind in your payments it becomes impossible to catch up |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. 1.6 million left the labor force in all of 2003 and 588,000 in Feb. alone! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. Answer is re-training????? |
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Gingersnapsback (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Don't forget forklift driver |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. the trouble with retraining is you must start entry level |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. And don't forget ... |
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Barkley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Re-training is just a textbook response and |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. I keep telling myself,... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. Notice how the headline is supposed to make the jobless appear |
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