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I am a 15 year computer technician having a difficult time gaining employment in my field of expertise.

Why is Michigan number one in the country for unemployment?

Taco Bell is hiring...

Seriously, it started with that jacka@@ before Granholm, and just kept rolling, now here we are

Fu@k it, we'll live on a park bench and eat from a garbage can....it'll be the best kind of love at least

we won't have to fight about who didn't pay the bills!!!

LOL. sounds like a plan.

Seriously though, Michigan should not have built the economy around the auto manufacturing plants!!

Taco Bell is a great company to work for I work there and have for 18 years. I make over 40,000 a year get quarterly bonuses and profit sharing. I'll also get a pension when I retire because I started before the year 2001.

why don't you ask that biotch in Lansing

I feel for you, I'm pretty much in the same situation. Granholm is mostly responsible (she's done nothing but mess up Michigan since she weaseled her way into office) but the current state of things, gas prices included, aren't exactly conducive to economic growth.

once upon a time, that dirty dirty man named Engler gave away Michigan's surplus money to other states for "favors". That is what started this shit. Like a snowball rolling down a hill, it just gets bigger.

Granholm is not helping matters, but how can you when you are fu#ked at the beginning? Never elect a Canadian, "ex republican" to run our state.

I don't know, all I know is a lot of us are screwed...

I am currently on disability and am getting help from the state to go back to school for Nursing. Through the new No Worker Left Behind program. It is really a great program you can get info through Michigan Works.

I know about it, but I can't stand school....I'd rather work at Burger King or something. I do wish you luck

Thank you.

your welcome, and congrats on to you on being the first sexy person on that thread!!!

Wll, what can I say. That is probably the only time ever in my life that I will be able to say I'm sexy.

Granholm said In 5 years we'd be blown away! She was right! We are!

Seriously, I cant see how this state will survive much longer. It's sad!

By the way, finding a job here is like finding a good date, its not easy and the fields are not plentiful!

can you blame all of this on her? some yes but not all. It started well before this adminastration and will continue for as long as we put all our eggs in one basket.

The man's name is Engler............like above posted, he gave away Michigan's surplus money for favors...

Kept him in office entirely too long...

As far as Granholm goes, she's an awful choice. Not only is she an "ex-republican", whatever that means,

she is also Canadian..

Hang in there. I've been a tech for 20 years and had a hard time finding work in the field. I lucked out a couple of years ago and found a good job working in IT for a large mid Michigan company. Other than that, there's nothing but a few jobs in lower Michigan and a lot of competition for them. I don't want to live down there and took other jobs to stay here. The jobs are there if you look hard but you have to be in the right place at the right time.

why does it matter where she was born? you can't balme the economy on her hertiage. engler started the ball rolling yes but you can't fix all the problems that were left by the prior adminsrtration. rep or dem? who cares as long as the job is done correctly. you can't blame everything on one party or another, we all may agree with issues on both sides of the party platform.

michigan needs jobs, not auto jobs, jobs that can't be outsourced.
auto workers are paid a huge wage, and great benefits but few of them work hard for that amount of money they bring home. the ceo's and higher ups need to take huge pay cuts ........

when a man without nothing but a high school diploma can make 20+ dollars an hour plus full healthcare and benefit package for being a press operator... who can honestly say they did not see this employment drought coming.

Engler stayed in office long enough to "give away and pillage the surplus" any thoughts on "Where is he now?"public or private sector?

Granholm had a state legislative branch that did everything within their power to defeat squash and sabotages her plan ( granted it was a weak plan) ..but here I 'd like to inject this thought just as so many are Blaming Bush for the nations mistakes lets remember neither our state or the nations state is a monarchy we should hold all those politicians that are their to protect our interests more accountable then Granholm or Bush.


Sadly as i'm sure we all will admit more sacrifice will be required of us ..yes that means higher prices less wages and more taxes Oh yeah that alos means less freedoms and rights too

welcome to the comprehension of a lesson known as cause and effect.

electing a Canadian to do an American job is just asinine. Too many differences in our countries. Engler did mess up big time. You know the ceo's won't give up what they have already been given.

Why is milk 3.40 a gallon? Coming from a cow's teats? Cow juice for heaven's sake Look at the taxes in Canada. The prices are outragious BUT they have socialized medicine. IF she can do that for us, then I wouldn't mind as much. I don't have insurance, so I go to a people's clinic to get my medications. I have to get there about 4 am and wait until they open at 8am just to get in. Not even leaving there until well after 12 pm. There are so very many people screwed in Michigan, it's not even funny.