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nativekentuckian  

Wal-Mart vs. The Morons

Wal-Mart vs. The Morons

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.

2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th)
than Target sells all year.

4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco +
K-Mart combined.

5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private
employer, and most speak English.

6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.

7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep
in mind they did this in only fifteen years.

8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.

9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super
Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.

11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at
Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.

You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground
work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to
fix the economy.
Better yet, just move The Whitehouse to BENTONVILLE , ARKANSAS and let
Walmart take it over!!!!!!! (gc added this remark)

This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats,
Republicans, EVERYONE!!

To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,

It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt morons:

a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234
years to get it right and it is broke.

b.. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get
it right and it is broke.
c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it
right and it is broke.

d.. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right;
$1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the
poor" and they only want more.

e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years
to get it right and they are broke.

f.. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it
right and it is broke.

g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence
on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24
billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to
get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our
throats while overspending our tax dollars.

Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up
in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' (they never read anything)
and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.


AND


I know what's wrong. We have lost our minds to "Political Correctness"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the people that run
this country!!!!!!


We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans,
Homeless etc.,???????????
In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey ..
And now Pakistan .....home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of
DOLLARS!!!

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they
get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour
Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries! We
have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for
the adoption of foreign orphans.

AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going
to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill
without treatment -etc,etc.

YET......................
They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships
and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes, bedding, doctors and
medical supplies.

Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to
other countries. Sad isn't it?

99% of people won't have the guts to forward this. I'm one of the 1% --
I Just Did



In God We Trust

"If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a
nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan


"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." ~ Benjamin Franklin





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Asking Now  

I don't understand

The US has a special visa program to bring in registered nurses due to a shortage. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful because my fiance is a RN from Scotland. However, when I was talking about this with a friend tonight, it occurred to me that something was amiss. Why does the US have such a shortage when unemployment is so high? Why were training programs not implemented at the beginning of the crisis? Why is it that the training programs in place don't evolve with the times? I have a worthless BS, but it is a degree nonetheless so I should be able to get hired anywhere. Not true. As techonolgy changes, so much the training programs. It is not unusual these days to get retrained 3 or more times. It should be based on the needs of industry and not on what the out of touch boobs in Washington think.

As a client of vocational rehabilitation, I would like to work, but I have limits that have to be considered. I can no longer do manual labor. According to Maximus, a company contracted by the US government to administer the "Ticket to Work" program, I have the right to attend training/classes to become whatever I want. Unfortunately, that is one the Washington's famous unfunded mandates that only exists on paper. With some 59 million people now on some form of Social Security, the government needs to get on the stick by creating programs that will EFFECTIVELY get people back to work. It also takes employers to cooperate by hiring the disabled. Shit happens,technology happens, industries change... it cannot be met head-on with limitations as to how many times a person can be retrained... that is for the job market to determine. Employers also deserve part of the blame. Back in the day, an employer would hire someone with no experience and train them. Now they are spoiled and only want the cream of the crop. That is self-defeating from the get go. Our current economic situation proves it.

Employers will only start hiring again if the economy picks up. The economy will only pick up if people get jobs. It is a catch-22 position. Someone has to break the cycle and it won't be the unemployed. Our true unemployment numbers are staggering. I don't know what they are, but I do know that when the government says claims are down, it is because a lot of people have exhausted their benefits and even more are discounted altogether for being out of work so long. In other words, the numbers the government announces are a manipulated lie. When you start looking at candidates for the next election, here is one more criteria you should consider... compassion. Vote for someone who shows he/she cares about their future constituents and will enact measures to help the people, ALL OF THE PEOPLE, get back on their feet and grow.
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lotusb34  

Aidpage Open Letter: NOW WHAT "BIG BROTHER" NOW WHAT?

To the attention of:

Barack Obama, US President;
Paul LePage, Governor of Maine;
US Senators from Maine: Olympia J. Snowe, Susan M. Collins;
US Representatives from Maine: Chellie Pingree, Michael H. Michaud;
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I think the state of this economy is garbage, it's simply a reflection of the way our government who thinks they know so much can't do a damn thing. They are literally running this country into the ground. It makes me sick. Obama, I actually thought he would fight to make changes but everything he has done has made everything worse, I am so horribly disappointed in him and the fact that he is not what he promised to be. In a country where material things seem tobe the most important thing to so may why can I not offer services to find a way to earn monay for a car? This whole thing just makes me sick. I haven't seen my children in almost a year because of the state of the economy although I have incredibly valuable services to offer in trade or to earn money no one can afford to do anything because the economy is essentially in forclosure. Now what "BIG BROTHER"? Now what? We are on the verge of becoming LESS than a 3rd world country SO I ASK NOW WHAT "BIG BROTHER" NOW WHAT????????

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Anonymous  

Aidpage Open Letter: This is not working

To the attention of:

Barack Obama, US President;
Jay Nixon, Governor of Missouri;
US Senators from Missouri: Claire McCaskill, Roy Blunt;
US Representatives from Missouri: Blaine Luetkemeyer, Emanuel Cleaver, Jo Ann Emerson, Roy Blunt, Russ Carnahan, Sam Graves, Vicky Hartzler, W. Todd Akin, Wm. Lacy Clay;
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I am a hard working woman who has been working since the age of 15.  I think it is kind of sad that I loose my job and can't find work in five months.  I am losing my apartment and I can't get help and I don't have anywhere to go.   Everyone is so conserned about helping all of the other countries when hard working Americans, like myself, loose everything.   I am going to be living in my car because everyone that I have contacted that help people will only help if there are children involved.  This economy needs a jumpstart and the government should help thier own.

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joyful in need  

the economy answering them hanks./healthcare the economy.

the problem them hanks don,t see is that there are 435 congressional need be retired women gents. this country is suffering at the hands of lets e mercinaries and now the other s we,ve been assisting are unable to assist us back monetarily.ins to the one wife don,t have if he,ll purchase through his job plan. less trouble and fining on your tax return at the end of year. plus you,ll get the tax write off and deduction credit instead of employer. food should be able to qualify for snap food assist under the net rule if not the gross rule .each has a diffrnt income limit .this currency is already dead how many live presidents do you see when you spend any money? they,ve created the problem and passed it on . do anybody hear me as well as feel me. we fight to keep kuwait safe because of the oil wells what did opec do ? quaddrupled their cost per barrel . lets food price hike they can,t eat that oil or drink it. nor will they like camel onthe menu every night or lamb. we do export to them in other areas to. lets find a president like ombama that we can support and petition congress to get in line with what,s right for americans and not what makes great humanatarian sense. those of you like the middle class black or caucasian who were crying out going to bury or leave our children in debt, whoooo who left us in deficit debt. lets work with the problem we know the solution is not black nor white cause if you think it is you,re already in trouble .politics are many colors lets rovide a solutoion to it not become it , will racist remarks remarks feed a child, increase the minimum wage? we need each other you see congress has banned together to force the hand of the commander in chief, with the healthcare bill they,re trying to call his baby in fact it was already on the table to close to busch reign over with for him to fight with congress to do the right thing by all americans, so he left ombama the bag not the ball.you know in the past the white house wasnot originally in washington it was in new york at one decade then angry americans got fed up with politics and spend and tax our way out of the mess were in now and march on the white house to reduce the cost burden they literally toss the occupants out with or without a fight and burn the costly political fuss arena down. history did ya,ll know that! lets work together for the betterment of all americans when we do that we fix america . lets not go to war as our predecessors did george, roosevelt etc to find out now these countries are just as much in trouble as we are. broke struggling not knowing what really to do to fix this debt deficit. but null and void all debts foreign and domestic and national nationwide all countries or we,ll leave our childrens children this mess. and they already wanna fight. nope lets make it right.
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raymondthegardner  

Trying to keep my household fed and happy

Just a working man without enough work.

We need help with the bills and are behind the eight ball.

If I had a way to make a better income and provide for my family, that would make me a happy camper. making money with the internet? I - well - huh? Anyways,there has to be a silver lining somewhere.

Please contact me, if you can help.

Please indicate your message as so "aidpage help"

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saveusall  

ON THE FLIP SIDE

So after a year on PROSAC, or should I call it yes mam and no sir or do this and do that (totally numbed)I wander back to an abuser I had been with and was in the process of fleeing from on that eventful night.Managed to get ssi took that 11000 check applied it toward a dump bought a van a couch and kitchen table BOY I HAD IT MADE 450 a month !!!!!!SSI as it was told to me ,"It is just a partial payment to help you get by ", it is not to help you live just to exist! Paralyzed,a lost lung ,no more promises to make to some fine chap "hey we can have a family",diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome (that war vets come home with after war" and it would have been great if my momma and daddy were there to help me as parents do for their kids But ...no they were not ,after all ....it was daddy's gun!
Welll to say the least I found a fine gentleman who was living at mama's to help his family and you know after a year and a half I had to let him go I mean people are nieve and wiyh my pain inside and ot I could have destroyed his hard working fanny oh not on purpose but people do break some for awhile and some forever well I opened his cage and set him free!!!!yah girl you go!!So alone 6 month and afriend set me up determined this guy was good just broke alittle ok ok he could not travele outside a certain area panick attacks....Sorry I am tired I must log out now catch you on the flip side!
Well I had a plan I 'd married so many times before what was one more OH yeah at least they might offer some comfort but this time I was determined to find the opposite of the previous husbands

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AmberNicole  

About AmberNicole

Hey, I'm 21 and just a few days ago found out I'm pregnant... It's my first pregnancy and I am terrified, I have yet to tell anyone in my family due to some past issues that caused my family and I not to speak. The last thing I want to tell them is I am pregnant, I feel like that would kill them. I lost my job a week ago due to the economy and am desperately seeking one now. I live in an apartment out in Portland, Maine where as of right now I'm trying to sell things I have to make October's rent. I don't feel sorry for myself because I did this. But now I know I am going to be responisble for a little one, when I can barely afford myself. If anyone has any information as of what I can do, help I might be able to recieve, please let me know.

 

Thank you so much,

Amber

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JamF  

About JamF

We have been caught in the declining economy. We are in deperate need of cash temporaily. My husband and I are both in our mid 50's and unemployed. My husband was recieveing unemployment extention and it was stopped with the goverment unsettlements.

I can't get unemployment since I have been unemployed for a while longer.

We have no cash flow right now. We do have money coming in a a bout 3 weeks, meanwhile we have nothing.

Can we get help somewhere. We don't qualify for loans since we are un employed.

Our rent is behind and our phone is off.

Help!

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donna1005  

About donna1005

i am trying to get my ssi,and can't work.my girlfriend is currently looking for a job. are gbills are fixing to get shut off. i just need some help. please someone help us. we have 7 children and everyone says the economy is to bad to give her a job

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Starshine  

Is the Economy Really Improving?

I don't think so but my manager thinks it is as he has rented all the apartments now. To me that doesn't mean the ecomony is improving.

When I see people's stories, here on Aidpage,wishuponahero or a few other sites I visit people are still faced with needing to find work, having money for rent, utilities, food, need for new clothing, medicine, health insurance, food for their pets, help with phone and internet bills. Then if you are sick, disababled or have a child, loved one who is ill or terminally ill the problem is compounded. They don't feel the economy is improving. And the unemployment rates show that so why is my manger being fooled?

Even those who have jobs I know or have met still are struggling making ends meet. I think it is better to have a job than not have one. 

Then you can apply for section 8 or hud housing but there is a waiting list sometimes it take years others maybe a year if you find a city that has a shorter waiting list but some people can't wait that long. 

I really wish it would start improving for all of us as it hurts to see people hurting even though I can offer assistance here, tell people about Aidpage in hopes they might be able to get help they didn't know about. 

I wish I could do a heck of a lot more finanicially to help others out. 

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ricardog  

How is your economy working for you

We all know what the world’s impact is on how money is being spent. It is feed to us every night at our local news or national news. But have you ever thought about what is your economy? What do you need to do to survive? What are you doing to save money? How is your defecate going down? Do you have a set budget for the next year or the next five years?

 

One of the biggest problems that I see everyone have, is we keep paying attention to the world’s economy and how it’s impacting the neighborhood you live in. Even what your state is doing. But in reality we all need to start paying attention to our own personal economy.

 

I know what were supposed to do in a national level. And in the state level is very obvious to see. But you have to break it down to your personal level. You have to start looking at your money and control it to your standards and your needs.

 

When you spend money, how is it impacting your wallet? What is the kind of things that you are buying for your home or how are you managing things around you? Can you look at the next year and tell yourself that you can make it towards the end of the year? How are you planning to pay off the debt? Can you change to make your economic factors change in your life?

 

We keep getting pushed the information of the world economy and changes have to take place and wants and have to need to be fulfilled. But in the real world, you have to see how it’s going to impact you. Where is your future laying? What do you have to do to make your economy work for you?

 

So my friends, we all have bills, defecate going up and money is short. But if you step back a little and look at the impact of your economic stage. Then you will realize that your economy is more important right now then the world’s economy. It all comes down to what we personally are doing to help make the rest of the world economy work right.

 

Impact your economy today, make that budget and stick to it. Pay the bill off to help things out. Pay attention to your wants and needs instead of the world’s wants and needs and overall everything will turn out fine for your economic adventures of the world. 

 

 

 

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beatriceslp  

About beatriceslp

I'm a single mom of two boys (17 & 12), and work in the construction industry.  The last two months have been slow due to weather and the economy.  The only thing I've been able to pay is my rent, and my car needs major repairs, it's our only form of transportation.  I don't know how much longer it will hold out.  If anybody is willing to help out, we would be so grateful.  Wish I didn't have to even try this, but no other options at this point.  Thank  you and God bless.

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windwalker  

About windwalker

my husband and i lost everything two years ago, we now live in a travel trailer next to his mom and dad. their health has degenerated in the last year, we take care of them now. we have little income and no money for christmas. we have eight children between us and have 15 grandchildren. we would love to give them gifts for christmas as we have done in the past, but as i said their is no monet for christmas

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Pete7  

Looking for local motivated people in NE Ohio for conversations.

IF you in NE Ohio, motivated in  your life and would like to talk to other intelligent motivated folks about: Economic issues, resources, security, trends, alternative income sources, local services and products, health and wellness, business opportunities, investments,  etc.. 

 

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workinghard44  

About workinghard44

WHY IS IT THAT A PERSON CAN WORK 3 JOBS AND STILL NOT MAKE IT?? WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS ECONOMY WHEN THAT IS ALL YOU DO IS WORK AND SLEEP!! WHAT A LIFE!!
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DaveInMi  

About DaveInMi

Starting over is sometimes difficult.  After re-locating based on a decline in the Economy in Lansing, Michigan.  I have found Traverse City, MI to be just as bad.  Two jobs I have worked have gone out of business.

 As an online student with University of Phoenix and past employment in computers - there is optimism of a return to steady work.

Recieving food assistance and utility assistance for the first time in life.  It is a very humbling experience to need this.  Also very eye opening as I see so many people in need.

As a single Father of 2 children.  Any financial help would be apppreciated.  Dave Hepfer 2423 Gary Rd. Traverse City, MI 49684.

God bless you, in your walk with Christ.  He has blessed me in familiy, indeed!

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Dear Daizy  

Work at Home

For those of you that are facing hardships in your life. The cold hard truth that you must keep in mind is that with today’s economy you are just one in a million. We can stay down and wait for someone to pick us up or we can pull ourselves up and look for ways to keep standing. If you are on this site then you must have a computer. If you have a computer then that my friend is a window to the world! There are many ways to make money without ever leaving your home. From google to ebay you can with a little time and effort find your way to  financial freedom. Just remember to be focused and do your research.  Good Luck!  

                                                                                                                  Daizy

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lilljoe01  

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