Survival ยป Unemployment http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com A Survival Blog For Practical Preppers - Tips, Information, Resources And Guides For Handling Disaster And Emergency Situations Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:48:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.5 Millions of Unemployed Americans Scramble For Survival http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/millions-of-unemployed-americans-scramble-for-survival http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/archives/millions-of-unemployed-americans-scramble-for-survival#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:03:57 +0000 http://disasterandemergencysurvival.com/?p=155 21Once upon a time in the United States of America, workers could rely on a steadily growing economy that always provided lots of good paying jobs. If you were honest, hard-working and reliable you could almost always find employment that could provide a living for you and your family. Those times were wonderful times in America. But now those times are gone.

Each month hundreds of thousands more Americans are losing their jobs. Without work, they are scrambling for survival. Millions of others have had to take jobs that are lower paying than what they had previously. Jobs that one used to be able to support a family with are being shipped overseas or are being taken by illegal aliens.

There are those among our own family and friends who are unemployed or underemployed. These include professional people with college degrees. As hard as they try, some of them cannot get anything.

Why can't they find a job? Are they just lazy?

No.

The reality is that the government figures VASTLY understate the real level of unemployment. Just check out the following YouTube video which does a great job of explaining why the REAL unemployment number if more like twice what the government is telling (Read more....)

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