Another Scenerio......

[Guest guest]

List,

The economy is in a recession. You just got laid off by the company that

employed you. You have looked in all different venues for a decent job though to

your dismay, you have found nothing. Would you A.) work for a fast-food employer

at minimum wage at 20 hrs.. week. B.) Work in a landfill moving trash. C.) Work

in side show where you have this unusual talent that no one else can do. D.)

Being an object that is tossed in the air and landing in such a way as so to

persons entertainment and ridicule. or E.) go on unemployment, use a couple

extensions, then decide that you should choose to go on SSI because it pays

more.

What do ya think? Sitting on the fence, reading the comments as they fly by.

MMMMEERRRYY Christmas all,

Mike_pce, luv, and happynss through out the New Year.

[Guest guest]

Another Scenerio......

List,

The economy is in a recession. You just got laid off by the company that

employed you. You have looked in all different venues for a decent job

though to your dismay, you have found nothing. Would you A.) work for a

fast-food employer at minimum wage at 20 hrs.. week. B.) Work in a landfill

moving trash. C.) Work in side show where you have this unusual talent that

no one else can do. D.) Being an object that is tossed in the air and

landing in such a way as so to persons entertainment and ridicule. or E.) go

on unemployment, use a couple extensions, then decide that you should choose

to go on SSI because it pays more.

What do ya think? Sitting on the fence, reading the comments as they fly

by.

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I think that's what they call a " false dichotomy. " It's like asking the

question, if you lose your job, what would you do? A) Kill yourself Sell

your children into slavery and live off the proceeds C) Become a drug dealer

D)Become a prostitute or E) work as a tossed dwarf? Oh, heck, why not throw

in F) rent your belly out to one of those beasties in " Alien, " provided it

pays you very handsomely for the privilege of bursting through your agonized

stomach in six months' time.

In reality people have a multitude of options available to them in life,

especially if they prepare themselves along the way. I know a woman who had

been fired from an endless number of jobs due to past bouts of alcoholism

and drug abuse, but she never had to go on unemployment. Even in the midst

of a drugged-out stupor, she could find a fairly decent job in a minute's

notice (e.g. secretary, office manager) because she always made sure to have

a minimum core set of skills that she could fall back on in an emergency.

So the idea that a person only has the options of going on public assistance

or being a tossed dwarf or some other dismally humiliating job, is simply

not credible to me. I think it does a disservice to the multitude of dwarfs

who have managed to truly excel despite debilitating physical ailments.

But, for what it's worth, in response to your question, I used to clean

trash for a number of years. It wasn't a bad job at all. I'd do it again

in a second over being tossed around like a little toy for drunken boys.

J

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