It's a problem my boyfriend was facing. He completed his apprenticeship as a graphic designer with a grade way above average. Then applied for a job in 70 different companies, but no one wanted him, because he lives in a village and has no car on his own.
People can have all the things you need to take care of a family than lose it all and have a hard time getting another job.
Someone who works minimum wage could have a wife/husband who also works minimum wage and just one kid than lose their jobs and be stuck pennyless.
And obviously you don't have any of those things or you would know not every thing goes to the order you wish it happen.
Sometimes kids come first. Sorry to tell you this but not all kids were planned. Accidents happen. There is no birth control that is 100% effective. Except for abstinence and we all know how hard that is. Unless you're asexual like me. And if you want a job you will need a car because chances of getting a job within walking distance are small.
Unless you're living with Mom and Dad you have to pay rent. It cost to live it also cost to work.
Just telling people how they fucked up does not help them. You're just being a prick.
For those who don't know if you are in this situation where you can't afford to find a job. If it is due to work clothes or transportation or childcare if you go to your local food stamps/Cash aid place they will help you. They will reimburse you for any clothes you need for work. They will also help you find child Care within your price range or help pay for it till you can. And if you need to pay for transportation such as a bus or maybe have a friend drive you they will reimburse you for gas or bus fare. If you tell them that you have a job lined up they will help you as much as they can because they prefer to help people with jobs or that are looking for jobs. If you don't have a job lined up they can even help you find a job. They have a program here in California. You work at a business for 6 weeks the government pays the business the money to pay you. So it's like the job gets free labor.
If you work hard enough and to their liking they might hire you to stay. my husband is gone through it twice and each time the company is hired him to stay. The only reason why he lost his job each time was due to health and due to moving. That's another thing if you were looking for help because you have a job lined up and in some other city or some other state you can get government help to move. You don't have to be jobless and living on the street to get government help. You pay your taxes than you have a right to help.
Some states don't give out food stamps or cash aid unless you have kids but they do give other help.
Preach Mrs C. What’s more- that logic always hurts my brain. Most homeless people in America are homeless for 1 year or less. They aren’t lazy, ignorant, or addicts who “threw their life away,” they’re just people like you who hit a really bad patch and the floor fell out. The fact that most people end up back on their feet in a year or less shows most want to help themselves and want to get out and be self sufficient and just need the right break. That said-
People say things like “well this person living in long term poverty just needs to...” “shouldn’t have...” if you can invent a time machine you’d be very rich indeed. What’s done is done- and millions of middle class working folks signed loans during the housing crunch they couldn’t pay. People default on mortgages or credit cards, file bankruptcy, get divorced all the time. What seems like a good idea or a “sure thing” at the time sometimes works out to be less than that. What’s more- the stance that a person in long term or generational poverty just needs to make better decisions.... If we only look at people who put THEMSELVES in that position- not luck or etc, do you think that they weren’t trying to make what they thought were the best decisions? They sat there saying “let’s see how I can fuck up more...?” No. Most people aren’t so willfully self destructive- usually such self destructive behaviors are the manifestation of a poor decision making process.
But people learn, people grow. Most parents can attest that having a first child tends to be a huge eye opener. Even the most prepared parents will find at least one surprise in the experience most likely. Having kids often changes people and their priorities. Having kids often “wakes up” bad decision makers and while that alone can’t teach them to make better ones- it can inspire them to try as never before. A person who is trying to grow, trying to make right and good, trying to do well- it doesn’t matter that they’ve done less than in the past because some people learn the hard way. Some people need to be beaten on by life until they realize that there are other ways that don’t hurt as much and that requires change.
Tl:dr- what kind of messed up philosophy is it to say that because a person fell down once that they should stay down, or that it’s ok to make it hard for them to lift themselves up when they’re already carrying more weight? What kind of philosophy says that because a person did something ill advised even one time in life that they can’t change and so better? That they should have to carry the weight of that decision plus an additional burden while trying to handle that? Those who are disadvantaged most already carry a burden, it’s like making the person with the broken ankle carry the extra weight. What is a tiny to weight to those with the advantage of a solid foundation is enough to immobilize that person. That’s not justice- it’s vindictive.
Someone who works minimum wage could have a wife/husband who also works minimum wage and just one kid than lose their jobs and be stuck pennyless.
And obviously you don't have any of those things or you would know not every thing goes to the order you wish it happen.
Sometimes kids come first. Sorry to tell you this but not all kids were planned. Accidents happen. There is no birth control that is 100% effective. Except for abstinence and we all know how hard that is. Unless you're asexual like me. And if you want a job you will need a car because chances of getting a job within walking distance are small.
Unless you're living with Mom and Dad you have to pay rent. It cost to live it also cost to work.
For those who don't know if you are in this situation where you can't afford to find a job. If it is due to work clothes or transportation or childcare if you go to your local food stamps/Cash aid place they will help you. They will reimburse you for any clothes you need for work. They will also help you find child Care within your price range or help pay for it till you can. And if you need to pay for transportation such as a bus or maybe have a friend drive you they will reimburse you for gas or bus fare. If you tell them that you have a job lined up they will help you as much as they can because they prefer to help people with jobs or that are looking for jobs. If you don't have a job lined up they can even help you find a job. They have a program here in California. You work at a business for 6 weeks the government pays the business the money to pay you. So it's like the job gets free labor.
Some states don't give out food stamps or cash aid unless you have kids but they do give other help.