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marmar
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:28 PM Original message |
College grads getting left with low-level jobs |
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virgogal
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. We should all become plumbers. |
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TheCowsCameHome
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. As long as we aren't named 'Joe' |
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Manifestor_of_Light
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. This crap started thirty years ago. |
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Kansas Wyatt
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The Democratic Party Leaders would be wise to.... |
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Greyhound
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
37. I would love to tell you that, but my dear, dead mother taught me that lying was wrong. |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. to be fair, there are lots of folks with different experiences.... |
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Greyhound
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Mon Jun-29-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Lots of folks got screwed with their pants on, too. |
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Greyhound
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Tue Jun-30-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
64. Oh what? No reply? Why not? |
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hfojvt
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. I got my Bad Attitude in 1985 |
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RobinA
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Tell Me About It |
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supernova
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh cry me a river |
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virgdem
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I'm in the same boat you are.. |
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readmoreoften
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Nothing like solidarity with people as fucked over as you are. |
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WildEyedLiberal
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Thank you |
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PVnRT
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Mon Jun-29-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Of course, because younger generations are whiny brats addicted to their iPhones |
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fishwax
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Mon Jun-29-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. what you said |
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RobinA
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Mon Jun-29-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. The Problem is Not |
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rockymountaindem
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Mon Jun-29-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. It is new |
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arcadian
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. bootstraps? |
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RobinA
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Mon Jun-29-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. This Is Exactly |
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JerseygirlCT
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
68. Sounds familiar |
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wellst0nev0ter
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well At Least I'm Not Alone |
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Iggo
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. They've got jobs? |
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glowing
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Its been happening for years. College education is a joke to many who've walked the hallowed halls. |
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The_Casual_Observer
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Sun Jun-28-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. All this talk about the value of an education means shit. |
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OhioChick
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's the fucking truth. n/t |
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BlooInBloo
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yep - complete bullshit... |
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ChromeFoundry
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Oh, Don't even bother showing the 2009 data! |
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OhioChick
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. (facepalm) |
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BlooInBloo
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. 1) 2% ---> 4% is a 100% increase. 2) Oh noes 4% unemployment.... |
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ChromeFoundry
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. About your comprehension skills... |
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BlooInBloo
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. (facepalm) "of" = multiplication. "increase", "higher than", etc. = addition. |
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ChromeFoundry
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Didn't you once say you were a teacher? LOL |
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BzaDem
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Mon Jun-29-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. You are completely wrong, and BlooInBloo is completely right. |
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LooseWilly
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. Proud to be dragging down the median for bachelor's degrees... |
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RobinA
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Mon Jun-29-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. I'm Not Going to Argue |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm sorry you feel that way, but it simply isn't always true.... |
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The_Casual_Observer
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You took a giant ass risk & it sort of panned out, sort of. Why does it have to |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. but I'm quite happy with my "shit" life.... |
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The_Casual_Observer
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Brother Mike, I am talking about right now, newly minted graduates, |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. that's really terrible.... |
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TwixVoy
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It is BECOMING true |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. well, I certainly don't have any "connections...." |
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tomreedtoon
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Mon Jun-29-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. "Highly technical skills" don't mean anything. |
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mike_c
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Mon Jun-29-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
57. damn, you're talking about my LIFE as "self-serving and full of lies...." |
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tomreedtoon
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I'm just speaking truth, which intellectuals don't want to hear. |
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PVnRT
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. So now "intellectuals" is a bad word |
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tomreedtoon
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Tue Jun-30-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Intellectuals should be called "ineffectuals." |
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readmoreoften
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Sun Jun-28-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And more people's stories go like this: go into debt, work for less than minimum wage as an adjunct. |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I'll take your word for it, but my experience is different.... |
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JerseygirlCT
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
72. Well said, Mike nt |
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TransitJohn
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Wish I could rec your reply here. |
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JerseygirlCT
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
71. Not if you value an education for its own sake |
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SoCalDem
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Sun Jun-28-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. My daughter in law took college on in an unusual way. she went to Cosmetology school first |
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Creena
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Smart DIL! |
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mamaleah
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Mon Jun-29-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. That's a smart young woman! nt |
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SoCalDem
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Mon Jun-29-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. and she's gorgeous too.. My son has great taste (pic) |
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mamaleah
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Tue Jun-30-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Such a lovely young lady! |
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KillCapitalism
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Mon Jun-29-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. The market crash only made the situation worse. |
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Pharlo
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Mon Jun-29-09 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. I graduated with a BBA from a small liberal arts |
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LuckyLib
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Mon Jun-29-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. You said it well. I'm telling my college attending daughter the same thing. |
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BR_Parkway
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Mon Jun-29-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
40. Funny that there's no discussion at all that maybe folks were sold |
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LeftinOH
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Mon Jun-29-09 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
41. Old news (very old news). Welcome to the real world, kids. n/t |
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cbdo2007
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Mon Jun-29-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. entrepreneurship (sp?) is mostly dead in America |
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PVnRT
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Mon Jun-29-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Funniest post I've read all day (n/t) |
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Kat45
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Mon Jun-29-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. ANd hope they never get sick or injured because they won't have health insurance |
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cbdo2007
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. why won't they have health insurance? |
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Ikonoklast
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #66 |
73. I can tell from this reply you've never practiced what you preach. |
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cbdo2007
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Tue Jun-30-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I'm one of those entrepreneurs I'm talking about also... |
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Rex
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Mon Jun-29-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. You are taking jobs away from the working poor and teens! |
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mamaleah
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Mon Jun-29-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Perhaps instead of just preaching, "go to college" |
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Kat45
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Mon Jun-29-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
59. I graduated over 30 years ago, have an advanced degree, and always had low level jobs |
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Brooklyns_Finest
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Mon Jun-29-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. College Degree |
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JerseygirlCT
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
67. That's the way it worked when I graduated in '82 as well |
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EndersDame
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
70. I have always worked with college grads at retail jobs and was glad I am not in debt |
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