I just got laid off...again...Thanks much Bushconomy!

[drdigi420]

If all we do is keep turning corners in our economy, aren't we just going in circles (or squares)?

I'm not counted among the unemployment stats because I work contracts (can't seem to find any solid jobs in my field).

This is the third contract in a row I've worked that has been cut short due to budget restraints.

The only corner that MY economy is turning is the one that I may soon be selling crack from. (not really, just illustrating my point)

So where is this Bush Economic Miracle that is supposed to grow out of the tax cuts for the rich? Why are none of these rich bastards hiring?

Wanna help me out? There are 2 things you can do:
#1 GET OUT THE VOTE and help get teh Bush Cartel out of power.
#2 Buy some anti-Bush shirts and/or CDs of my tunes from http://www.cafeshops.com/docpolitic

[prodigal_green]

1. the rich bastards

are investing in companies which are outsourcing jobs.

If I'm not mistaken, Kerry called it trickle-out economics.

[Mistress Quickly]

2. Just remember

3 right turns makes a left!

[Eurobabe]

4. goes around the block...

then we're right back where we started from!

Sorry to hear about your situation. We're in the same boat.

[drdigi420]

5. thanks, and this boat sucks! if the waters werent so shark infested....

I'd jump overboard

[Kierkegaard]

3. The rich?

Sharing? Are you kidding? The big tax breaks give them more money to invest in their fat portfolios. The companies in those fat portfolios:
a) cook the books, extort the bump and declare bankruptcy
b) provide bonuses/perks to their executive core or hire more of them
c) use the bump to move their production facilities to Taiwan

Leonard's Loser: Mr. Average American...

P.S. Sorry about your unfortunate job loss...
Good luck to you

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Mind if I keep you company while we wait for our fortunes to change?

I got laid off two weeks ago.

[drdigi420]

7. sure, although i wasn't looking for a pity party, just expressing

some outrage.

gives me an idea for a new T-shirt tho!

Front: Just Another Laid-Off IT Worker With Lots of Time on His Hands and an Internet Connection

Back: Are You Worried Yet?


hehe

[ObaMania]

9. That is a great idea!

Pretty cheap to produce too! You should really investigate this with your downtime!

[drdigi420]

27. ok, I did it, hehe

http://www.cafeshops.com/docpolitic.13008458">
http://www.cafeshops.com/docpolitic.13008458">IT Geek T-shirt

[Jokinomx]

13. Sorry to hear of your lay off....

I took a temporary job for the summer....I will be laid off at the end of Oct. I like your idea for the t-shirt.....LOL

On the up side....your not in a manufacturing job...Michigan has been devastated in the last few years. I have had 4 manufacturing jobs since "99"...three have shut their doors on me(I quit one for better pay and no commute). Its really getting old....I just get some vacation time built up and whamo...I am laid off again.

[ObaMania]

8. C'mon, be more positive!

This economy has created thousands of good jobs... work is there if you really want a job... if you can't find work in your field, the government has all these great retraining programs... you can always move to where the work is... where's your spirit of entreprenreurship? ownership? you can start a small business.

Four more years!

PS.. why do you hate 'Murica?

[happynewyear]

10. these awhole don't care about you or what you think

Absolutely disgusting! I am sorry you lost your job. I know how difficult it is to find something else.

It is hard to start a business when you don't have any money for gawd's sake!

Hang in there! I hope you find something very soon.

Try not to be too depressed. Life can be incredibly short I have very recently discovered. :hug:

:dem: :kick:

[info being]

11. Seems to be a lot of that going on these days...picking up again.

[skygazer]

12. Well according to the Bushies

You could just get another job. Or take a Prozac. Slimy bastards. I feel for you, man. If I was working, I'd buy a shirt!

[WMliberal]

14. my dad just got the axe last week too

and I'm yet to find a job since leaving college (well, I've got a McJob at the moment, so I'm technically part of Bush's Manufacturing sector). I came home for stability while I found a real job. So much for that.
I shoulda been an IT major.

[drdigi420]

17. IT major? Hell, I'm in IT, over a decade of experience

Still can't find anything but temporary contracts.

[bleedingheart]

15. a fellow came to my home yesterday who is holding 4 jobs with

no healthcare...that is not employment ...that is just the barest survival.

this economy sucks!

[vetwife]

16. Sorry to hear that ! Blitz CNN...it will make you feel better !

[drdigi420]

28. done! youre right, it feels better

[wicket]

18. Very sorry to hear that

:(

[drdigi420]

20. well, I'm not looking for pity

just change

and not spare change

change in the white house

I will manage to support my family, I always do.

Even if it means whoring for t-shirts on a popular discussion forum!

hehe

[wicket]

21. no pity at all

I just know how hard it can be (been there unfortunately), good luck with everything and hopefully when we get the idiot out of the Whitehouse things will start to change.

[vetwife]

22. Sorry but it looks like you are in the majority ...unless you are military

Just about everyone I know is laid off, or shut down !

[wicket]

24. Or underemployed

Or working too much for too little. It is a sad state of affairs for US labor. *sigh*

[drdigi420]

25. me? in the majority? wow, it's 2000 all over again

I voted with the majority in 2000 too!

[drdigi420]

23. thanks for the kind words

didn't mean to suggest your kindness wasn't wanted, I just don't want to be seen as simply whining.

I will bitch, which is my want, but then I DO something about it.

:)

[wicket]

26. "I will bitch, which is my want, but then I DO something about it."

:thumbsup: That is definitely the right attitude. :) Getting this idiot out of office is the #1 priority, especially people who have suffered under this Bush economy.

[Placebo]

19. Both of My Parents Are Now UNEMPLOYEED

They were doing fine under clinton, but in the past year BOTH of them have lost their jobs. and neither one has applied for welfare so that just goes to show you how horribly innacurate THOSE numbers are for calculating the # of unemployeed. :mad: