If You Can't Support The Candidate, He Can't Support You.

Are you aware that people who have been unemployed for more than about six months are becoming unemployable? In fact many companies, when advertising for help, specifically mention not wanting anyone who is not currently or very recently employed. Now I admit there are some legitimate reasons for needing folks who are still in the thick of things, but for most situations that just isn't true. So the next time you hear somebody complain about folks who have been out of work for an extended period of time as being just plain lazy, you'll know that for many companies they'd rather pilfer a worker from somebody else then hire someone who actually needs and wants a job. Ya know, it's a fairly common practice to pilfer, especially during times of low unemployment but it's not the same these days. And the thing is, neither Washington nor corporate America gives two hoots how long somebody may have been out of work. People are really only statistics in their eyes. They're "votes to get" or maybe numbers to consider when deciding how long to extend unemployment benefits and how those numbers relate to total dollar figures for the legislation. Now I know I sound like I'm down on politicians and corporate leaders a lot. Well I am. And the reason is that they just don't seem to care about regular people any more. Corporate leaders don't consider people much any more, it's just the bottom line they care about, and politicians only ever consider reelection and the money it takes and where that money will come from. Well, when times are hard, like now, you can be sure the money isn't coming from the little guy. Hmmm. Where do you suppose these politicians are getting their millions to run with?