Government jobs programs

[cjppjc]

Re: Government jobs programs

Men do not like to feel incompetent, especially doing things we all know we SHOULD be able to do.


So true. It's why we never stop and ask for directions.

[dbarberic]

Re: Government jobs programs

The issue isn't merely filling in potholes.

How do you pay mortgages or college tuition on minimum wage?

How about driving a car?

How do you fulfill your duty as an American spending when you have nothing to spend?

The legal/illegal immigrants who had traditionally performed day labor were sending their payments home where the money would be able to buy a better life for their families; how does minimum wage make-work do the same for Americans in the US?

The program that Ohio is considering would pay $13.22/hr ($27.5K a year).

[Jam]

Re: Government jobs programs

They do God's work.

[zoog]

Re: Government jobs programs

...Its just really expensive to have almost anything done these days. Most stuff is really not that complex, at least around the house. The internet makes things really easy too. You can watch a video on how to do almost anything on YouTube today. I can completely understand those who can afford it paying someone, its those who can't that perplex me. These are the same people who fight over a parking space 10 feet closer.

Recently my clothes dryer was making a horrible screeching sound. I figured it was probably the belt. I looked the model number up online, found the part number, ordered a belt for about $20. When it arrived, I watched a video on YouTube showing how to take the dryer apart and replace the belt. It was easy, really, but probably would have taken me twice as long if I hadn't watched the video. I didn't even want to find out what it would cost to have someone come out to fix it for me. Surely more than the ridiculous markup + shipping for the belt.

I believe one of the major contributing factors to the average person not knowing how to fix anything is the "throw-away society". Many consumer products have been expressly designed to be unfixable without special tools or parts that are not made available to the public. Over the decades, based on experiences with those products, we have come to believe that anything that stops working as it should is beyond our ability to remedy.