Saving money, cutting costs

[KrazyKid]

@Hang Your Cross

You are way over generalizing an entire class of people. Again, people deserve to be able to have a home, food, clothing, healthcare and transportation to and from work. they should also be able to relax and take a break once in a while. It’s almost impossible to do this making little money. Just because someone is poor, doesn’t mean they are lazy, a druggy, or a drunkard. Again the title, the working poor comes into play and it’s actually very accurate.

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/35-statistics-about-the-working-poor-in-america-that-will-blow-your-mind

In my area, Ulster County, it’s very expensive to live and the pay rates are little, and the job market is almost non-existent. There isn’t much opportunity here, and I am suffering because of it as well.

I work two jobs. I am working on my MS degree, and I make my retail company a fuck ton of money every time I step into that place. I am not a lazy, incompetent, derp that you describe retail workers. At this particular job I make $10.50/hr, and I make the company on average of $130/hr of pure profit, this doesn’t include regular merchandise sales. I bust my ass everyday, and I deal with asshole customers. Due to company policy, I was only allowed a maximum raise of $.50 this year. That barely ties in with inflation.

My other job I am a Teaching Assistant at a residential school for students that are dually-diagnosed and developmentally disabled. I have to take this job because I can not find a teaching job anywhere. So unfortunately, to stay off of welfare I have to take two jobs instead of just one. The work there is stressful, I can be attacked at any minute if a kid decides to have an episode and become violent.

There are many people like me, many college graduates who have to work in jobs such as mine and they can’t afford to pay back student loans. The job market pretty much requires a BA/BS and pretty soon a MA/MS to even work in a middle management type position. This is forcing a ton of debt onto people.

But, once again, who should pay for the workers to have a house, clothes, food? The government (your tax money and mine) or the company raking billions of dollars each year?

That is the only question that really needs to be answered.

First the bold. People diserve the RIGHT to those things. You are right. Thats that having the ability to apply for and work at a job is for. The problem comes when people assume the right to “diserve” those things comes to them with little to no effort on their part. Thats what chris was saying. The first step is getting a damn job, second step is working hard for that job, and BETTERING YOURSELF TO GET A BETTER POSITION AND MAKE MORE MONEY, AND WORK HARD IN THAT ONE TO BETTER YOURSELF AND GET AN EVEN BETTER POSITION…

Now the big letters. To answer your question, THE WORKERS! They have the job and work it, if they are out living their income thats their lifestyle’s problem. The people that you are refrencing to as sucking the tax payers money from us becasue they do exactly that. Settle for a bottom barrel job, and do as little to keep it. Complaine about it and do next to nothing to get ahead and move up the ladder. FUCK THEM I SAY.

The profitability of the company doesnt need to make it rain on the shelf stackers coming into work in a rotted out 81 honda, smelling like booze and cig smoke, disrespecting customers and other employees, etc. If they are not content with their job, their pay… they dont DISERVE to have someone hold their hand and show them how to make a career advancment!