America's Financial Meltdown: How has it affected your life?

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Unemployment is at an all time high

Chill with the hyperbole. An all-time high would be something like a full quarter of the American workforce out of work, which simply isn't true. The reported rate is 6.8 percent, which actual figures probably around 9-12 percent. Certainly higher than we would like, but not even close to 'all-time highs' as you state.

With that said - my job is largely unaffected. People rely heavily on their computers and they'll always need someone to fix them. Luckily, being young, black, and with a massively varied skillset, I've never been out of a job more than 3 months in my entire life.

As far as us recovering from this shit? I say we honestly have to let shit crash and burn, because things only change in times of great catastrophe.

And you know what? The system is gonna collapse as we know it within the next decade and we'll get that change. Of course, it won't be the kind of change I'd prefer, because the government is gonna step in and fill that power vacuum and the era of American capitalism will largely dissapear. Socialism ftw.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Weren't you out of a job just long enough to have to shell out for extremely expensive health care needs brought on by your doctor saying you were headed for a heart attack?

Yeah, I seem to remember something like that.

You tell us a version of reality that is inconsistent with even the most casual of surveys, and that is why no one will ever listen to you in any manner approaching seriousness.

But, enjoy your computer technician job while you still have it. If the system is going to collapse, don't think your job is safe. "They'll always need someone to fix them / make them" is something I've heard from a lot of people in my life, growing up near Detroit. You know, where the entire economy is dependant on the car industry. You know.

Yeah, but a nigga BOUNCED back. I had another job within a month, then parlayed that shit into a new job that pays me substantially - and then got into a management position.

Because I AM that nigga. I can always find a way to make money. That's why I have a massively varied skill set:

1. I have a Bachelor's in Political Science (working on my Master's)
2. I'm A+/CCNA/CCNP/MSCE Certified
3. I'm a certified Pro Tools Technical + Accomplished Recording & Mixing Engineer
4. Songwriter extraordinaire + music producer
5. Music promoter
6. One of the greatest emcees of my generation

I got SIX different hustles. How many hustles you got? How many hustles does the average nigga got? Maybe two or three. I WILL find a way to survive and make money, can you?

Say somethin', fuck nigga. I can't believe I haven't even seen this shit for over a month.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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nigga your heart better have hustle to move that giant bulk around

god damn

Oh, it does. Eating like a health freak for the last 15 months and putting in that exercise work has got me 75 lbs. lighter, you arrogant fuck nigga.

280 ain't exactly thin, but compared to what it used to be, WHOO.

Surprised I actually didn't die, tell the truth. It's alright, enjoy the fat jokes while you can, 'cause even if I was one of those cats you had to cut out the side of a house or surgically remove from a couch, you STILL couldn't see me on the mic.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Oh yeah, I know. I pace myself. I walked for like four-five months before I even tried to start running. Whatever works, I suppose. I lucked out and got a management position at my current day job and they STOPPED offering full coverage like two months after I started working until you had been there 18 months.

But all nonsense aside, the economy is hard times for everybody. Revenue and margin is down at my theater to the point where over this last Xmas season, where we would normally give our workers in the neighborhood of 25-30 hours each, they were getting ridiculous shit like 9-12 hour work weeks, which of course makes the already high-turnover of the movie business even moreso. As a manager, I found myself actually working like I was floor staff because my GM wanted to save the payroll.

Over at Best Buy, where I work in the much-maligned Geek Squad as a Double Agent (in-home agent, get paid in excess of $20/hr), they basically got rid of all 'part-time' workers and continue harping on about 'if we don't hit revenue, they're gonna cut our hours even more.' So go figure.

Of course, while I just ran down my resume, keep in mind that I still gotta work TWO regular jobs and still hustle my music on the side to keep this ship afloat.

So that just goes to show you that having six hustles is basically just keeping my head above water.

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