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JusticeForAll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:56 PM Original message |
"Get a job" is the new "Let them eat cake" |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. And if some conservative businessman says that, I say |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmm... 4 or 5 applicants for every 1 position. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. In some fields (graphic arts) it's 400+ applicants per position |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That is scary. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. For 20+ years design, commercial art. |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I've been involved with book publishing for years. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Bless you, Petrus. |
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Ghost of Tom Joad (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. where is this stat from? |
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Saving Hawaii (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Shoot... we got hundreds of applications and then didn't even bother to do interviews. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That is so SAD. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. They live in denial of all objective fact, math included n/t |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hell Bruce Hornsby was singing about this kind of reply by the well to do.... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bruce Hornsby, "The Way It Is": |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Thank you for posting that. |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. My first thought as well... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. RWers used to sneer "Get a job" in regard to welfare recipients |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. My response is always: "Yeah? WHAT jobs would those be? There ARE none." |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. Touche! |
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Worship Money (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Some companies conduct interviews... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Bring them back from China and India and we'd love to! nt |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. # of jobs nationwide is counted by Dept Labor |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. 3.1 Million jobs....says Dept Labor. see my re above details, link |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. That's been true since the seventies, if not the thirties. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. when I was at Occupy Berkeley some smart ass |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. When they say "Get a Job," I reply "Get an Education." When they |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. :) nt |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
25. That's what that idiot child Hucksterbee said today on Fox Wiretap. |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What "Bad decision" would that be? Deciding to be born in the USA? |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. That fucker is so fat... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's a lame argument when unemployment remains so high. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. The other right-wing meme: Create your own job! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yup! |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. Repubs to Obama: Where are the jobs? Repubs to 99%ers: Get a job! |
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JusticeForAll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I think you just created my next Occupy sign |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. "Muddy the Water" is their protest sign. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
34. I gotta post a link to this... |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. True that....read my sig line regarding this attitude. |
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