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Re:Stuck: Why the rent and mortgage-burdened don’t always mo... by overcast on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:29AM (#16931648)
I would guess most people aren't working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are plenty of online resources for finding jobs. My father worked in a steel mill for 20+ years, managed to go back to school as a much older adult, and get a job in an entirely new field(medical tech).
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Re:Stuck: Why the rent and mortgage-burdened don’t always mo... by s73v3r_ on Thursday April 26, 2018 @12:49PM (#16933514)
No, but if you're working two jobs, your time for doing that is extremely limited. Double so if you have a family. Your dad probably was not working more than 8 hours a day. A lot of people that the article is talking about are those that have to work much more than that.
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Re:Stuck: Why the rent and mortgage-burdened don’t always mo... by overcast on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:30PM (#16936016)
My father worked double shifts most of my childhood, on rotation shifts no less. Dude worked his ass off, and still had time to build our house, advance his career, and was always around for baseball practice. No excuses.
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