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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:49 PM Original message |
Young people here in amerika who can't find a job/internship..... |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. either can middle aged folks with 20+ years experience |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nobody can find a job right now. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "spoiled little college kids" |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. What an ignorant post. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. that's harsh |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Sure, |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. harsh judgements don't help anybody |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. But what if neither they nor "Mommy and Daddy" can find a way to pay back said loans? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Then they will have bad credit, |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yeah, which means we're (mostly) all in the same boat. |
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960 (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Um, no. I know so many college kids who are the first in their family to graduate |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. As I said before, dude's obviously got a chip on his shoulder... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. No chip. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. In general you're probably right. But see 960's post above mine... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. You are aware that many of those college kids have already started |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Amerika? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. A LOT of people don't recognize their country anymore....hence the intentional misspelling |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, I understand the reason. I also reject it. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Makes me think of the Kafka novel, whose title is simply the German spelling of "America." |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yeah, I know the Kafka reference. And you're right... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. JOBS, president Obama.....we need paying JOBS. n/t |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I vote for make work jobs |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. it's even worse for people with a mortgage. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'm afraid you do not understand fully. Recent college graduates |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. and since they ARE college graduates- 'entry level' is SO beneath them. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Well, natch! |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Do you actually know anybody who thinks that way? |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Not me... I'm unemployed 2 years out of school, hopefully about to start |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. For the past 8 years, I have made $500/month on my student loan |
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Chisox08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I hope to get an "entry level" job. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. And not just a job, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well...of course. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. another way to look at it... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. just because they foreclose on your house- it doesn't mean that you're out from under the loan... |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
34. hardship deferments |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. exactly. that's what I had to do |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. dupe |
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