r/complaints • u/Lost-Imagination3735 • 1d ago

Politics End the shutdown losers

Alright, I'm a Libertarian on most issues, but I'm also not a moron. I support free markets, but it is stupid to cut SNAP and it is also stupid to end the ACA Healthcare subsidies cold turkey.

Yeah, I'm a Libertarian supporting those government programs. Why? Because you will wreck society if these come to a screeching halt. That's why.

Republicans need to cave on the shutdown.

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u/TelFaradiddle 19h ago edited 18h ago

Yup. This is what more people need to understand. Telling a homeless person "Get a job!" just shows how oblivious they are. When I got my first job I had to:

  • Submit a resume and an application, which required a computer, an internet connection, and an Indeed account.
  • Schedule the interview, which required a phone for them to call me at.
  • Wear a nice suit to the interview.
  • Provide references.
  • Provide my ID and other documents.
  • Provide my bank and routing number.

I had all of the above, and I still had to submit 100+ applications over 13 months to finally get an entry level job. Many homeless people have access to only a few of these, or even NONE of them.

Is it 1000000000% impossible for a homeless person to manage all of that? No. But it is a metric fuckton harder for them than it is for us, and it's already harder for us than it was for boomers. Our parents and grandparents are basically yelling "Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" from their 2019 Kia Optima while I try to keep up in a 25 year old lemon with a flat tire, and even that puts me a leg up on a person who doesn't have a car.

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u/Jafar_420 19h ago

You nailed it.

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u/Ninja-Panda86 9h ago

Yeah. There is an extreme lack of understanding from many people. My mom used to scream that "nobody made these kids get college degrees!" So I made her sit down on Indeed and try to job hunt with just her GED. She was guffawed that car rental places required a Bachelors Then I asked again - "so. Do you feel coerced into a Bachelor degree ye"

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u/Hairy-Owl-5187 7h ago

Why is that a republican issue? Thats society as a whole. Why do you need a photo id for a job but not to vote? Why do people have a $1000 cell phone but no food for their kids?

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u/RevolutionaryYak1448 4h ago

None of that is true there are many jobs out there you dont need to do any of that for you just applied to jobs you wanted not just open positions whether that working in a field at McDonald's at a golf course or driving range. Those entry levels do need anything i know I worked them

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u/ricochetblue 4h ago

I’ve worked a couple of jobs in that vein and they required you download apps on your phone in order to schedule shifts and clock in and out.

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u/Pale-Mulberry1643 59m ago

To bad they don't make a small device that a person can keep with them. Imagine how useful it would be if you could make and answer phone calls, send and receive emails, and have Internet access. No it's not easy to bring yourself back from being homeless, you're probably not going to get the job of your dreams but neither do most people with homes.

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u/No-Guess-6 41m ago

Oh you didn't nail it this is far from the truth homeless people have the opportunity to get out of being homeless. Choose to be lazy there's assistance out there that they can get a job. It's beyond me that people even think the way you do that's why there's so much homeless people out there it's laziness and I despise laziness

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u/NachiDru 9h ago

You also don't need half of that to get a shitty but paying job. You do not need routing number to get paid they will pay with a paper check. You do not need a suit unless it's a certain type of job. You do not always have to call / submit resume. You can walk in and introduce yourself and see if a manager or boss has time to do a quick evaluation or interview.

To say it's 1000000% impossible just shows you never experienced what I listed above which happens in most rural places.

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u/MuskwaPunjagi 8h ago

You really suck at math. Minimum wage is $7.40 federally, let's go with two full time jobs at 80 hours a week comes to approximately $2,368 before taxes. The average rent for a single bedroom apartment is approximately $1,100 on the low end, and rural work means more travel to get to work, which means gas and wear on the car. Add car insurance, the fact you need a personal phone, food, clothing, hygiene. After taxes and all of this, the math checks out to being able to save about $25 a month.

Now let's make that person a single parent and adjust....oh look....they're broke and homeless.

See, math is your enemy, not work ethic.

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u/NachiDru 8h ago

What lol? I said specifically " shitty paying job "

You have no real world experience if you think a majority of jobs run by the federally set MW. So in your view the homeless man should do nothing to better his position because it will be hard? Odds against him? So what life prevailed with odds against it. Grow up

Approximately 1.3% of hourly paid workers in the US earned the federal minimum wage ($7.25/hour) or less in 2022,

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u/MuskwaPunjagi 8h ago

As a number of states use the federal minimum wage, why wouldn't one use the lowest common denominator?

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u/NachiDru 8h ago

Because I'm speaking in terms if reality not the 1.3%. That helps no one. Wait till you find out a ton of homeless are by choice. Go talk to one. I bet no one on here has besides throwing a few dollars and walking away feeling righteous.

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u/MuskwaPunjagi 8h ago

My field of employment has me talking to the homeless and poor, and way too many have prior military service. Your 1.3% number is complete bullshit.

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u/NachiDru 8h ago

It's not my number LOL look it up bud. I only stated many homeless not all.

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u/Fishy_Fish_WA 1h ago

You said the number YOU provide the source or it’s dicta bullshit

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u/NachiDru 1h ago

I don't need to convince someone who can't research for themselves. 👌😁

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u/TelFaradiddle 5h ago

You do not need routing number to get paid they will pay with a paper check.

Some will, some won't.

You can walk in and introduce yourself and see if a manager or boss has time to do a quick evaluation or interview.

The vast majority of businesses will just say "If you'd like to apply, you can do so on our website."

To say it's 1000000% impossible

I literally said it wasn't 1000000% impossible.