tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post7691931595159104136..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Nothing Like Kicking Someone When They're DownSomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-20215605669245289342013-02-06T18:09:01.584-06:002013-02-06T18:09:01.584-06:00I am unemployed because my job was eliminated for ...I am unemployed because my job was eliminated for budget reasons, have a college degree from UW-Madison, and apply for low wage jobs in addition to the high ones I'm qualified for, but cannot get hired at a convenient or grocery store, even, because they know I'll leave if offered a higher hourly wage (who wouldn't?). There are so many barriers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-73408024411607833862013-02-04T06:56:45.812-06:002013-02-04T06:56:45.812-06:00Let's start calling these "actions" ...Let's start calling these "actions" what they are, wage suppression. Health care and retirement costs are shifted to the worker and now when you lose your job you can work for less. Keeping wages low goes right to the bottom line and lines the pockets of corporations with record profits. House hold incomes have dropped for four straight years, yet the Dow nears record highs. Wage suppression. Seems real to me.<br />Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-42136486758001986692013-02-03T19:02:35.906-06:002013-02-03T19:02:35.906-06:00I would guess he took advantage of job training pr...I would guess he took advantage of job training programs to finish his degree...again something the Republican Congress, including Sean Dufus, voted to zero out along with funding to Job Centers. After that vote he had the balls to put his name on the bi-annual job fairs in the Wausau area. The people who he voted to zero out their jobs, set up the job fair, he put his name on it..The Sean Duffy Spring /Fall Job Fair...and showed up for an hour and a photo op. And what did many of the stupid people say that attended the job fair, "That Sean Duffy sure cares about us. Dave Obey never did anything like this for the unemployed." Too dumb to live. <br /> Even worse, he stole the first job fair from the Veterans. "Shockingly" he hasn't claimed the Spring one coming up this year...I guess he has two years before he has to lie and be a total hypocrite again for low information voters to vote him in again. Unbelievable. Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-25273728564715182832013-02-03T16:14:39.437-06:002013-02-03T16:14:39.437-06:00...unlimited free time and he's now making mor......unlimited free time and he's now making more money than ever before in his career (engineer). These people are so obtuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-57864979887378302002013-02-03T16:07:40.119-06:002013-02-03T16:07:40.119-06:00Agree... I have two right wing outspoken republica...Agree... I have two right wing outspoken republicans in my extended family, one of whom bought a house he couldn't afford then proceeded to put his family of five on Badgercare, and the other who lost his job and milked his unemployment for two full years until his wife made him finish his college degree during his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-28699374344884958712013-02-03T15:40:10.642-06:002013-02-03T15:40:10.642-06:00There is no skill shortage, there's a wage sho...There is no skill shortage, there's a wage shortage. Employers are paying less and less for qualified workers. I predict one of the other changes to unemployment will be making a person take a job for minimum wage or lose their benefits. It's been a fairly new requirement for the laid off to post their resumes on the Wisconsin Job Net in order to collect unemployment benefits. Businesses can see the skills but not the personal information at the moment. I predict that will be changing. Companies will be able to offer the person a job for whatever they are willing to pay. If the person refuses they will be turning down work, thus losing their unemployment benefits. <br /> If you can't create jobs, the next best thing is to lower the unemployment rate so your stupid blind followers can marvel at what a great job your doing. And how do you lower the rate, get as many people off the unemployment roles as possible. <br /> I also think the whole mine thing is another bait and switch by Walker. I don't think he has any illusions of getting it by the Tribes and the federal courts (they will hold it up indefinitely with their treaty rights). He is using his "Divide and Conquer" strategy again. When his dismal job records comes up he will just say, "I could have created all kinds of jobs but those damn Indians wouldn't let me." And just like public workers and unions, they will be the new scapegoat for his ineptness. <br /> When the hell is this man going to prison? Hopefully, it won't be after he's f'd up and sold off what's left of this once great state. Not that I want anyone to be miserable, but I hope all the people who voted for him, not once but twice, enjoy the screwing they will be getting. <br /> I seriously think any person who votes Republican has no right to unemployment, Badgercare, Foodshare, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, fuel assistance or anything else Democrats are continuously fighting to keep. If you want to vote against your own interests, you should have to live with the consequences. Tessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-74686076722731517352013-02-03T14:17:15.954-06:002013-02-03T14:17:15.954-06:00Cut off unemployment eligibility in every way poss...Cut off unemployment eligibility in every way possible, make the payouts as low as possible for as short a time as possible, and those who have no choice will soon take jobs for less than their labor is worth, to the benefit of the job creators who will not, and need not pay a living wage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-20984150008732391042013-02-03T12:53:14.066-06:002013-02-03T12:53:14.066-06:00Please proof read again. It's an important art...Please proof read again. It's an important article but there are a few words missing. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-48894156984942645942013-02-03T11:57:20.976-06:002013-02-03T11:57:20.976-06:00Added bonus: if you force a unemployed person who ...Added bonus: if you force a unemployed person who was say making 50k a year in some technical job accept a job at Mcdonald's for 17k a year you can then claim to be job creatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com