As the government releases updated unemployment figures that are crossing 7%, I find the following interesting. I went and got my oil changed today for my pickup at one of the quick-change oil places. I patronize my local Valvoline store - they are quick, clean, cheerful, do a professional job and I get a 15% discount. So today I'm out there getting a little vitamin D (sunlight) while waiting, and I notice a "looking for good people" sign out front. I ask the manager if they are indeed hiring, as I find it hard to believe that they can't fill their positions with an unemployment rate at 7%. He says they they do indeed have vacancies; that they can't seem to get anyone that wants to work and that they were supposed to have had an interview that morning but the guy didn't bother to show up.
Pitiful. If i was out of work, I'd do whatever I had to do to find work, and I know I could find a job if I had to. When it's easier to sit on your azz than it is to go out and work, that's when our social programs have gone too far. I'm not against helping people in the short term, but we've create an entire class of people (who have the same vote as you or I, remind you) who would rather sit around, than go out and get a job.
That's why I like that Mericopa County Sherriff; he makes the convicts WORK (and it's the best thing that could happen to them, too - everyone wins).
How ironic. How bad has it got to get before people figure it out?
Pitiful. If i was out of work, I'd do whatever I had to do to find work, and I know I could find a job if I had to. When it's easier to sit on your azz than it is to go out and work, that's when our social programs have gone too far. I'm not against helping people in the short term, but we've create an entire class of people (who have the same vote as you or I, remind you) who would rather sit around, than go out and get a job.
That's why I like that Mericopa County Sherriff; he makes the convicts WORK (and it's the best thing that could happen to them, too - everyone wins).
How ironic. How bad has it got to get before people figure it out?