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Haircuts are around $30 for men, towards of $95 for women. A gym membership so you can shower is at least $50/mo. And no one would claim that rents are "ridiculously cheap" where jobs actually are.
If you've always been lucky enough to be wealthy, it will understandably be difficult for you to understand that costs you see as trivial can make or break people who are less fortunate.
Nonsense, there are several national chains that specialize in cheap haircuts.
Nonsense, there are several national chains that specialize in cheap haircuts.
Yes, but it'll look cheap. I worked at one company where the hiring managers routinely turned down candidates for things like unflattering haircuts/lipstick, bad complexions, cheap looking clothes. I even overheard them laughing at the candidates' looks after they left the building. And these were just for generic office jobs.
At the time, I thought they were just being shallow betches, but the reality is, people judge on factors like that. It's just a fact of life.
I mean it's better to get your hair butchered at Supercuts than to just let it grow gross and mangy, but it's not enough to optimize your chances of getting hired.
The mentally ill, handicapped, disabled, etc. should get nothing? We have millions of them.
This is number 3 post were i said look above at what i posted. I typed, no one that does not try to work should get anything. But if a hard working fam falls on hard times then that would be fine for a short while until they are back on their feet pete.
But if your gonna be lazy daszy and live off the GOV you get nothing.
Interesting video that deserves a thread of its own.
For those that have not watched the video, you have great depression era riots with thousands of people smashing in windows and destroying business and other buildings and the military is called in to crush them and occurred all over the country.
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Originally Posted by Ellis Bell
The kicker to that believe it or not, is that is a time in u.s. social history, that if a person fell on hard times, into poverty --- they blamed themselves for it. They believed they were not right with God, their poverty was His punishment of them. (85 years ago) Just yesterday ...
If people haven't explored the Depression Era via history channel or the recounts of History of that era through you tube videos (again through historians), I advise to do so. It was a time that Americans trusted their government and a time they really didn't know very much about the government other than where to buy stamps and mail a letter. Just prior to that it was the roaring 20's ... then boom ...
I get the feeling some one is going to get a bright idea about the safety programs and the American people are going to second that bright idea about those programs, then later to realize, maybe that wasn't such a bright idea after all. Then I think, the government wouldn't do that, would they? May be ... dunno, but interesting era the great depression of when people had to learn how to deal.
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Do you realize that there is no history on The History Channel? I suppose you are convinced the Great Depression was caused by outer space aliens? Where do you live that there were no poor farms, poor houses, or work houses to exploit orphans and abandoned children? There's your fictitious 19th century Utopia.
Rather than make a random post, watch video first, then read the poster's comment, then read my reply to that poster ... then post. May want to review my original post, as well. I'm not even going to try and make sense of your post Larry. And also, take the usage of the word 'you' out of the response, if you would like me to reply ... just saying. btw: keep in mind that you do not know my age.
Haircuts are around $30 for men, towards of $95 for women. A gym membership so you can shower is at least $50/mo. And no one would claim that rents are "ridiculously cheap" where jobs actually are.
If you've always been lucky enough to be wealthy, it will understandably be difficult for you to understand that costs you see as trivial can make or break people who are less fortunate.
Where do they charge $30 for a haircut? In downtown San Francisco?
Haircuts are around $30 for men, towards of $95 for women. A gym membership so you can shower is at least $50/mo. And no one would claim that rents are "ridiculously cheap" where jobs actually are.
Hello... Great Clips? Supercuts? FAR below the prices you list. And many park/recreational district facilities have locker rooms/showers that residents can use for free.
Again, I'm seeing a lot of BS excuses that can easily be circumvented if one actually had any initiative and motivation.
The minimum payment of what? Who gives you a credit card with no income source?
Usually, that starts with store specific credit cards.
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How does one GET a job or a credit card if one has zero dollars?
That's a lame excuse. Literally millions of high school students get part-time and full-time summer jobs. How do they do it? And if they can do it, there's no reason whatsoever that anyone else can't.
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