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Just a bit disrespectful, wouldn't you say?

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Originally posted by usa_girl:
It was harsh lady but a bit of truth to it.

I was in the UK and all I kept hearing was everyone was loosing their jobs back home and people were laying off etc

I am sure that is so but I come back and I see signs out in stores that say hiring and I see people working and spending too.

The truth is that the jobs are lower pay and more commercial. That is where our community is going.

I would get in health care or education in the future for employment.

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Originally posted by klassylady25:
Maybe more information is needed before a blanket statement is made.

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The Lt. Col. has earned his right for a better paying higher skilled job, and should not be "expected" to lower his own expectations just because someone else thinks they should, for that is a personal choice alone

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Originally posted by 3923928:
I am a retired USAF Lt Col who has been unemployed for the last four months. I've run the gamut of resumes, applications, interviews, references, and qualification questionnaires to no avail. What bothers me the most however, is how America can hire a President, arguably the most powerful position in the free world, who has absolutely no qualifications.

Look at his resume. Nothing much to speak of. Community organizer and state legislature. Elected to the US Senate, but was never a committee chairman, never wrote any significant legislation, didn't even work for passage of any significant bills. Voted "present" on all the tough issues. Spent the majority of his time running for President.

Then there's the interview -- TV ads, debates, and stump speeches. Very eloquent, excellent presence and demeanor, and very promising ideas. However, the interview doesn't match the resume. Wants to cut taxes, but has a history of voting for tax increases. Wants to cut spending, but has a history of voting for spending increases. Wants to protect Israel, but has a history of associations with anti-semites and campaign staff members sympathetic to Iran and Syria. Wants to make America energy independent, but has a history of voting against off-shore drilling and says he will bankrupt any company who tries to build coal-burning electrical production plants. Wants to give the middle class a break, but by his own admission, his policies will "cause energy costs to skyrocket". Wants to end partisan bickering, but hires the "bulldog of the democratic party", a man referred to as a cross between a hemmoroid and a toothache, to be his chief of staff. Wants to create jobs, but his proposed tax increases on large and small businesses would dramatically increase unemployment, productivity and economic growth.

Lastly, look at his references. Shady at best. He has been less than forthright in explaining his associations with radical extremist groups, terrorist sympathizers and his college break trips to Pakistan. He has been endorsed by Oprah and Colen Powell, but also by Hamas, Syria, Al Queda, and Iran. Do you honestly think that if the average military joe had his background, would the DoD give him a security clearance much less trust him with the country's most closely held intelligence information?

So why can't I find a job? I've served my country, kept my nose clean, gone to church and said my prayers. I guess it may be because nobody is hiring. With an inexperienced president trying to fix an economy in a tailspin by raising taxes on corporations and the "rich" people who invest in the stock market, companies are planning layoffs instead of hiring for the future. Maybe I should move to India or Ireland?

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Originally posted by scoutsout1:

The Lt. Col. has earned his right for a better paying higher skilled job...