15 million unemployed; still refuse jobs

[$tevie]

Gutenberg wrote: I am having a peanut butter sandwich on home-baked seven-grain bread for lunch. And a honeycrisp apple.

Apples and peanut butter go very well together.

[Mac1337]

cbelt3 wrote:

Dakota-
I'm afraid that the "Pioneer Spirit" is pretty well gone.. due to a lack of 'frontiers' to be explored.

Nobody in the world moves as much as Americans do. People may not be loading up the wagons anymore but the pioneer mentality is still the hallmark of this country. That is why the country is so evenly developed. You can find all basic services in the most remote parts.

The only explanation for an unemployed person to refuse a $10/hr job is that they are making more than that as unemployed. The coal miner example I gave pretty much shots down the argument that Americans won't do hard work if the pay is right.

[Carnos Jax]

[Doc]

Hmm...

Expenses last time I moved cross-country: Approx. $5,000

Average hourly wage for a migrant worker: $6.14

Average duration of a job for a migrant worker: 5 weeks.

Number of hours that it would take me to work off my moving expenses at migrant worker wages: 815 hours.

Time that it would take me to work off my moving expenses, assuming no additional expenses, a 12-hour work-day and 6 day work-week: 11.4 weeks.

Yeah.

That career-change would be totally worth it!!

[Greg]

Doc,

Didja take a loss on your house?

[OWC Jamie]

It's in his backpack.

[Doc]

Greg wrote:
Doc,

Didja take a loss on your house?

'Had to break the lease on my apartment. It cost me two months rent.

[$tevie]

Dakota wrote: The only explanation for an unemployed person to refuse a $10/hr job is that they are making more than that as unemployed. The coal miner example I gave pretty much shots down the argument that Americans won't do hard work if the pay is right.

You are so ignorant about unemployment benefits. Why don't you try to educate yourself about them prior to flapping your gums about them?
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Sav...u-get.aspx

[Mac1337]

Doc wrote:
Hmm...

Expenses last time I moved cross-country: Approx. $5,000

Average hourly wage for a migrant worker: $6.14

Average duration of a job for a migrant worker: 5 weeks.

Number of hours that it would take me to work off my moving expenses at migrant worker wages: 815 hours.

Time that it would take me to work off my moving expenses, assuming no additional expenses, a 12-hour work-day and 6 day work-week: 11.4 weeks.

Yeah.

That career-change would be totally worth it!!

I am sure your hypothetical person had to live in Bangor, Maine and has only found a job in San Diego just to buttress your argument. How about CA residents? Why don't they take farm jobs? Could it be, just could it be that somehow they are making more where they are? This is how disingenuous people are flushed out. You could have argued for higher farm wages but you didn't.

[Mac1337]

$tevie wrote:
[quote=Dakota]The only explanation for an unemployed person to refuse a $10/hr job is that they are making more than that as unemployed. The coal miner example I gave pretty much shots down the argument that Americans won't do hard work if the pay is right.

You are so ignorant about unemployment benefits. Why don't you try to educate yourself about them prior to flapping your gums about them?
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Sav...u-get.aspx
Thanks for the link. According to the article, here in PA I could get up to $528/mo(and I have no reason not to), plus qualify for $12000/yr in healthcare subsidies for a total of $39,456 a year. This translates to $18.96 per hour.

I have no further questions.