Taxes under Obama

@someone_else Said

That is interesting. I could not imagine making ends meet on $25k per year. And yes, it is definitely better than being unemployed. I don't think I said otherwise.

@El_Tino Said

Well, a family of that size making that amount will get government assistance of some sort, likely the Earned Income Tax Credit and possibly qualify for medicaid or some other cheap health insurance through a state program. And of course, living in some areas of the country would not be realistic.

@boxerdc Said

The company I work for currently has about 1500 openings.. We have 11 locations around the country and will be opening another 2 locations this year, including a second facility in the southwest.. Those 2 new locations will add another 2000 jobs.

We're having problems filling those jobs because the unskilled labor we need wants more than $12.50 an hour plus full medical, dental, prescription, vision, and 401k, to start.. Not here where almost all of my workforce is minority.. but in the midwest and south - southwest where the workforce is white.

Seems that it's the white folks that don't want to work for a living.

@El_Tino Said

So people should get jobs they're not qualified for?

@Hot_Rod Said

No, lol. The point I'm trying to make really is this...

If college education is a prime factor in job success, in the terms you describe, then why is it that such people are frequently - TOO frequently - found competing for jobs below their level of educational attainment?

It is surely not fair on those who should perhaps be eligible for those jobs, who haven't been to college/are not academically minded, etc. Why should they be pushed out in favour of graduates, who - if the system of education is as great as some like to say - should be expecting to get a more appropriate job?

@Hot_Rod Said

No, lol. The point I'm trying to make really is this...

If college education is a prime factor in job success, in the terms you describe, then why is it that such people are frequently - TOO frequently - found competing for jobs below their level of educational attainment?

It is surely not fair on those who should perhaps be eligible for those jobs, who haven't been to college/are not academically minded, etc. Why shuld they be pushed out in favour of graduates, who - if the system of education is as great as some like to say - should be expecting to get a more appropriate job?

@someone_else Said

That's not bad at all. The only issue that I could see is what I said before, $12.50 is not a living wage....but it's waaaaay better than minimum so it would be good for getting by. Plus people could probably still qualify for some government benefits on the side.

@El_Tino Said

Well, a family of that size making that amount will get government assistance of some sort, likely the Earned Income Tax Credit and possibly qualify for medicaid or some other cheap health insurance through a state program. And of course, living in some areas of the country would not be realistic.

@alk1975 Said

Not likely. That is considerably more than either my husband or I make and we don't get government benefits.

Well, wait, I take that back. The kids have medicaid. But if you have two people in a household making that then you are making good money.