Anyone else finding it impossible to find a decent job?

[SpasticGramps]

Great story S4L. You have to take it upon yourself to raise up above everyone else around you. In an economy this bad employers have endless options for hiring people. You don't have to be smarter than everyone around you. You just have to work harder and be more committed to being the best you can be. No excuses.

 

[TickleMyBalls]

how about a pizza shop with all possible ingredients grown hydroponically on display for the customers? now thats an idea. no extra land needed. just a green thumb manager.

 

[AntelopeDope]

Books exist that extol Austrian econ and there are those that denounce Keynesianism, they're just not widely read! Actually I think the problem is not that Keynes is not mentioned/ideas explained but that Austrian econ is left out entirely in most economics classes.

Well I can speak for some of that: I remember some of my intro econ classes; those classes that couldn't touch on much theory but rather were focused practically educating, deduced Keynesian effects to a "magic wand" in an effort to explain. I found it hilarious.

In later classes we were taught the value of marginal utility, the market/price system, etc.

What we are witnessing today in the US economy is the lackluster effect of the "magic wand" of government - though many state that Keynesian economics is back with policies of Obama, we have yet to see any of the added value that this government spending is supposed to create.

Anyways, good link. I'll have to install quicktime so that I can listen in on some of the casts

 

[squirrelfooker]

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[zenoonez]

I doubt the rest of the country is like this, but in california even the 'grow your way out' approach isn't working for a lot of people. Everyone is growing now. I know several people sitting on major amounts of herb that can't find anyone that wants it. It's under 200 an O now, I've heard of good stuff going for under 100 even. I guess it's becoming too legal here, too easy to do. Good for the legalization movement and personal freedom, but bad for those that use it as income.

Market will be flooded until march or so probably. Outdoor kills prices and makes good dro hard to find.

 

[Coloradan]

in 10-15 years when gas is $10 a gallon we'll all be growing everything organically and our happy motoring lifestyles will be over.

 

[Bobby Stainless]

It's good to see that there are people here who actually want to start businesses. I would like to suggest a new green approach. If you want to run a pizza shop and you have land available. I've would be thinking about growing all the ingredients myself using organic practices. This is the future. You could actually have a competitive edge doing this..

The trick is not to sell organic tomatoes, wheat, meat etc..but to combine your produce into a marketable product!

I owned a produce company for a few years, and was contracted by a fine dining establishment. Pizza shops do more biz. The amount of tomatoes you will need would take a ton of land to self supply. Much less all ingredients.

This would also cost a LOT of money in labor.

Furthermore, you would only need those certain vegetables that you made pizza with. Tomatoes being the most important, and only available during the warmer months. Restaurants that use their own garden produce tend to change their menu with the various growing seasons.

You would do better to open a bistro, with not a lot of tables, in it. Then you could change you menu to fit what you harvest. A Organic pizza could be a constant menu item...

 

[Bobby Stainless]

in 10-15 years when gas is $10 a gallon we'll all be growing everything organically and our happy motoring lifestyles will be over.

Speak for yourself.

I love cars.

GM isn't going anywhere either. We own it.

 

[h^2 O]

no. Should have gone to an Ivy League school guys. I haven't even graduated and could probably get together a few million and flee the country

 

[Strainhunter]

....

I haven't even graduated and could probably get together a few million and flee the country

No offense but that's exactly (probably) where the problem is...

 

[Yes4Prop215]

Market will be flooded until march or so probably. Outdoor kills prices and makes good dro hard to find.

yea this is one of the most flooded seasons i have seen in terms of outdoors, but the indoors are still kinda scarce most goes to the clubs the only stuff on the street is grand daddy purple where im at, i havent seen a pound of bubba kush for a reasonable price since last year..freakin clubs buy it all..

 

[bakelite]

I've been unemployed for almost 2 years now. I sent out countless applications, went to a bunch of interviews last year (~20 or so), talked to numerous recruiters. Landed a sh!t assembly job for $8/hr and left it after 3 months as they were riding my @ss and giving me sh!t. I'm waiting on a pending disability claim right now (bipolar disorder). The quality of work out there sucks and the pay is even worse. Only so many people can work in the health care field, call centers or retail. Most of the manufacturing jobs are going over seas and our politicians don't give a fvck! These bail outs are just a band aid on an old worn tire. Honestly I hope the system collapses!

 

[zenoonez]

Yea, I hear everyone saying the market is flooded but then I hear about some dude vending a pound to a club for 4500-5000. Crazy. I need to move. Lol.

 

[sorcival]

I saw this type of shit(un-employment/economy) coming back in Prez. Reagans dayze.
The puppets that have been stuck up on the hill in Wash. DC. are all idiot mouthpieces
of an expanding Government...as well as the rest of the world also.

I hoarded my cash, dropped a few thou into gold, bought some cheap mountain
property and went off-grid. I no longer need a J.O.B. to live, I produce everything
I use myself. I pay me.
Sorry if this seems dick-ass hard, but have any of you whiners thought about
being SELF-RELIANT and doing for yourselves instead of boo-hoo ing and wishing
someone would come along and pat your pampers and GIVE it all to you on a
silver platter with a gold spoon stuck up yer butt??
Yeah, yeah...I know...ya all say that you are willing to work for a living, but what you
are really saying is that you want someone to take care of you so you dont have to.
All most of you know how to do is work for the other person and make them rich,
not yourself. Ask yourself this: What in hell would you do IF there was NEVER another
job to be had? Huh?
I cut wood everyday. I water livestock everyday. I make my own soap. I grow my
own veggies. I butcher my own meats. I hunt. I produce my own electricty.
I collect rainwater for bathing and I dug my own pond by hand.
NO-ONE does shit for me. NO-ONE pays my way. I WORK FOR ME!!!!!
Try it, you might like being your own person and FREE for a change and not tied
to Civilized propaganda bullshit, like you seem to be.
Not meaning to flame, or bruise egos, but I mean...for real...what do you expect?
Someone to come along and make all the bad go away?
Live FREE as a real person, or DIE as a debtor slave.
Your choice....
peace

 

[cashmunny]

Peak Oil is a reality. Not to mention global warming

Peak oil is indeed a reality and we may be at the peak or close to it right now. However I think the peak will be a long drawn out plateau followed by a steady decline.

Unfortunatley, I think the only way alternative energy will suceed is when fossil fuels become so expensive that solar, and wind and whatever become cheap by comparison. And that time is far, far away. In the meantime I think we will burn every single drop of oil, every last lump of coal, and every cubic foot of natural gas on this planet.

The best investment you will ever make is getting your college degree and beyond. College is getting more and more expensive, so fewer and fewer people will be able to afford it. And those few will be the one's in control of society. Lack of access to education and information is the ultimate form of social control.

 

[Stoner4Life]

decent job or decent paying job?

look carefully for the right community to drive taxi in, must be safely
situated many miles from any urban sprawl and its dangers, must be
radio dispatched as you're not in a city being flagged down. Pick the
wealthiest suburbs 20~25 miles away from any big city, 20~40 miles
from the airport(s) and look for taxi services there. I worked in such
a place for yrs in NY I made $500 cash in bad weeks but over $1200
for some of my best weeks, I averaged $800 and worked long shifts.

 

[whiterabbit9]

Compassion for a Drunk Driver who whines about not being able to get a job? Yeah I really feel for that guy, He gets hammered and puts his comminity in danger.... yeah he desearves compassion.

Kiffen -K white rabbit

learn to spell

 

[Yes4Prop215]

Yea, I hear everyone saying the market is flooded but then I hear about some dude vending a pound to a club for 4500-5000. Crazy. I need to move. Lol.

only the outdoor market, indoor pounds stil fetch top dollar at the clubs and on the street.

but if you have a 20 pack of semi decent outdoors right now, i feel sorry for you haha. every body and their moms has an outdoor crop this year, and people are dropping their pants (prices) to get rid of it and its STILL not moving haha.

 

[zenoonez]

only the outdoor market, indoor pounds stil fetch top dollar at the clubs and on the street.

but if you have a 20 pack of semi decent outdoors right now, i feel sorry for you haha. every body and their moms has an outdoor crop this year, and people are dropping their pants (prices) to get rid of it and its STILL not moving haha.

Might as well hold on to it, keep it bagged and dark and wait for a bit.

 

[Strainhunter]

only the outdoor market, indoor pounds stil fetch top dollar at the clubs and on the street.

but if you have a 20 pack of semi decent outdoors right now, i feel sorry for you haha. every body and their moms has an outdoor crop this year, and people are dropping their pants (prices) to get rid of it and its STILL not moving haha.

Only so if one lives (and grows) where everybody else does!