[quote]hedo wrote:
[quote]Dustin wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]Dustin wrote:
[quote]saveski wrote:
Then I’ll have to pay more for unemployment for all the clowns that can actually work but are too fucking lazy to find a job. (And yes, there are jobs out there - it’s just so much easier to just get unemployment!) [/quote]
Not to take this off topic, but I have to take issue with this section of your post.
I was discharged from active duty Army last June. I had an Iraq deployment under my belt, as a company level (168 personnel) XO, no less. I have a resume that most men and women at my age would be jealous of. I began actively looking for jobs in May. Guess how many jobs I found that suited my skill level, income, and experience? Zero. I used head-hunters and all sorts of internet job finders to no avail.
In September I finally decided to start my own business. So far so good.
I just think it is a bit misleading to say that people receiving unemployment are too lazy to find a job. It isn’t that simple.
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I have to ask this question. Are you looking all over the country, or just in the city you are currently residing? I think this is the issue the OP has with Unemployment. There are jobs here in the South, but people up north are not willing to move. They beleive the jobs have to come to them. During the depression men moved all over the country to find a job, and when money was good the rest of the family moved.[/quote]
This is a good question. The head-hunters I used suggested I relocate. This, of course, is after I had moved back to my home town and bought a house my wife and I really liked. I was willing to make long commutes if need be. And despite buying a new house, I would have been open to relocating if the job was worth it.
You make valid points, but I just think it is unfair and inaccurate to make such a general statement that the OP made. There are some individuals out there that are, as the OP said, too lazy to get a job.
However, everyone has a different set of circumstances that they have to deal with.[/quote]
Dustin
Stick with you own business. It’s the best decision I ever made.
And the job market is incredibly difficult right now. It’s hard for very qualified folks to get a new job. I’ve never begrudged anyone unemployment compensation. They paid into it and earned it so if they need it they should get it. As an employer I’ve never disputed a claim, not once, even if I fired the guy for something. I just don’t want the bad karma and eventually those people find jobs, and some become customers.
I actually see things picking up. I had some friends that were long term unemployed, over 6 mos., and they are starting to get more interviews and jobs.
As a business owner, however, Obamacare, will raise my costs and increase my taxes. Both are disincentives to growth and expansion. In fact this administration has been a disaster for small business. It has destroyed customer confidence. If some of the core issues the Democrats and Obama embrace come to pass, I think you will see a long term recession take hold with negative growth. Obamacare is a disaster in the making, like the tariff act during the great depression.[/quote]
I agree with all of this.
Luckily, I’m running the store by myself (my wife will watch the store if need be) so I don’t have to worry about employees.
And like you mentioned in your last paragraph, I’m concerned about the economy worsening, especially since the products I provide (sport supplements) are a luxury expense.
