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I'll probably get into trouble with this, but I just saw this guy on CNN who actually was crying: he lost his job at a plant, operating large machinery, and "all he could find" was a job at Lowe's Supermarket, making $16.00/hour. He said something (with tears in his eyes) along the lines of: this is America, how can this happen.
Well, boo hoo. I think he should be ashamed of himself. He's privileged to have a job; he's not on the streets, or going hungry, and his family is probably fine. Life is change; the economy changes. Nobody is owed ANYTHING. He should read about the changes going on, world-wide.
From what I understand from reading Thomas Friedman, Sam Hungtington, Alvin Tofler and others, these changes are a function of the world economy and the changes in technology, and are not the fault of any political party, or individual leader.
Have you ever been jobless with a mortgage and family?
What is he supposed to do, live under a bridge?
He isn't going to care about what is going on in the world until he can provide food and shelter for his family.
The rich have STOLEN 40% of the economy and are taking it to China leaving a third world America behind
you should have put that in your original post about living without a car
My original post was not about living without a car. But see Message #6 where I wrote:
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(And I should add I'm a woman, alone, with MS, elderly -- I've lost my husband, my parents, my cat of 16 years. But there is never an excuse to feel sorry for yourself when so many people are suffering from so much worse than most of us privileged, educated Americans are.)
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A rural area? Trying to see why was it so difficult living without a car
Unless you live in Philly, NYC or Chicago ... Public transit is pretty much dismal in other urban areas including Los Angeles. I get along fine without a car but there are times when it does not work as well.
I agree with kodaka, what a shame to make fun of someone else's misfortune. We are not owed anything in life, but we go to work and get comforatable in our lives and it really stinks when of no fault of our own our world is flipped upside down. We don't know what else was happening in his life to make him cry. Maybe some compassion for the guy??????? I'm really glad he found another job, so many others have not.
Exactly. We have no idea what else is going on his life and this was the straw that broke the camel's back.
The OP is a troll plain and simple.
After they got bashed they became an old woman with MS who is a widow with a dead cat....PLEASE.
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