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What else do you do/Who am I?
I saw a blog about who you were or what you did when you weren’t blogging. Any time someone says ‘who am I’ it starts a chain of remembering that can go to many places. I’m 64 and just … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, emotions, family, Health, Home, Home care, illness, Lymphedema, Physical therapy, sickness, Star Trek, thoughts, unemployment
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Obama’s Nuclear Strike on American Workers | FrontPage Magazine
Obama’s Nuclear Strike on American Workers | FrontPage Magazine. This article is telling things are going to get worse. ” The argument for illegal immigration amnesties is that America needs more unskilled workers to do the jobs that Americans won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, Illegal immigration, oppressed middle class, unemployment, US economy
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Study: More Than Half a Trillion Dollars Spent on Welfare – But Poverty Levels Unaffected | CNSNews.com
Study: More Than Half a Trillion Dollars Spent on Welfare – But Poverty Levels Unaffected | CNSNews.com. The US is now spending hundreds of billions of dollars on welfare programs. Since this administration took over, federal welfare spending has increased … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, employment, Labor, Poverty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, unemployment, United States
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Congressional Budget Office admits that Obamacare will kill 800,000 American Jobs
Political Blogs, Conservative Blogging, The Politics Blogspot. Here is a video interview worth watching. Of course, by the time it actually comes to fruition, I’ll probably be dead and gone, so it won’t matter to me. But it will matter … Continue reading
I’m feeling really Handicapped today
I recently decided to try selling AVON as a part-time job. I began all excited and eager to try this. Knowing I would be at a disadvantage from the start, because I can’t physically walk a neighborhood and hunt up customers, I … Continue reading
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Tagged AVON, Avon Products, Business and Economy, Cosmetics, emotions, jobs, life, Online shopping, Part-time, people, Perfume, unemployment, work
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I Have Taken on a Second Job
The economy has been sluggish. For about 2 years now, we have struggled a bit. Mostly because our grown daughter has been looking for work after being laid off from a good job and not called back. She was one … Continue reading
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Tagged AVON, Avon makeup, Avon perfume, Avon Products, jobs, Minimum wage, Part-time, second job, unemployment, work
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Long-term unemployed face stigmas in job search – USATODAY.com
Long-term unemployed face stigmas in job search – USATODAY.com. This one caught my eye since my daughter was laid off from Owens/Corning 2 years ago and when they recalled people, she wasn’t one that was called back. So she played … Continue reading
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Tagged Business and Economy, employment, Job hunting, jobsearch, unemployment, United States
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Getting a part-time job!
The economy in my area has been pretty slow for about 2 years now. Because of my inability to walk, I’m limited in what I can do to earn extra money. I’ve signed up to sell Avon. And since canvassing … Continue reading
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Tagged AVON, Avon Products, Business, employment, job opportunity, jobs, part-time work, selling, unemployment
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Is the Recession really over?
“They” say the recession is over. “They” say thousands of new jobs have been created this month! Personally, I haven’t seen evidence of this yet. My daughter has been out of work for over a year and a half. She … Continue reading
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Tagged Associate's degree, Business, employment, jobs, Labour economics, life, Part-time, recession, Temporary work, thoughts, unemployment, United States, womens issues, work
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The Disappearing Middle Class
I just read a disturbing article. For many years our factories and big businesses have moved out of the US and set up in other countries to save money. This has caused our American middle class workers to compete for … Continue reading
Trying to stay positive
A little over a year ago, the Owens Corning plant in our area had a large lay-off because of the diminishing use of fiberglass products. Our daughter was one of the 300+ people who lost their jobs with assurances of … Continue reading
US Debt Clock
There is a very cool website called http://usdebtclock.org. This site will blow your mind. It is a real-time clock, adding to each category the amounts being spent as you look at it. The clock keeps track of the US National … Continue reading
Another year gone…
Today is my birthday. Another year has passed. Usually I don’t pay any attention to my birthdays. It’s just another day. This time, it’s the big 60! Somehow it has more weight to it than usual. In doing a quick … Continue reading
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Tagged age, aging, arthritis, bankruptcy, birthdays, cancer, children, Compression garments, emotions, fear, God, grandchildren, life, prayer, unemployment, womens issues, work
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Working off tickets?
Is spending 5 days in jail to erase traffic tickets really worth it? Continue reading
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Tagged children, family, jail, thoughts, tickets, unemployment, work
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