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Old 02-28-11, 07:43 PM   #32
gimpy117
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Originally Posted by Growler View Post
Losing a job doesn't make you a victim.

Waiting around for it to get better, and not doing anything to change it - doesn't make you a victim.

Getting your house knocked down and losing your job when your employer is flattened in a natural disaster - now, you're a victim.

Being a victim DOES NOT in any way excuse you from standing up, dusting yourself off, and getting to work making your situation better. It does not give you permission to whinge and gripe and sit on your duff waiting for someone else to make it better.

If you're doing something towards improving your lot, I'm all for it. If you're sitting there and whinging about how so-and-so did this to you, and therefore, you're owed something? Sorry. No joy.
what does it make you when your employer lays off everybody in quick succession and then moves your former job to mexico for short term profits?

The people of Flint and Detroit have tried to reinvent themselves and the city itself, but when it comes down to it, when there are few places making things anymore here, and, an out of work manufacturer isn't really somebody who's in demand right now. They'll just either go to mexico and employ the people there...or just hire an immigrant (illegal or not) to work at some bottom basement wage.
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