The Coming Obamacare Shock for 170 Million Americans

[Mr Khan]

Mr Puggsly said:

Mr Khan said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Its not about luck, its about working hard and developing skills.

That's how you get out of poverty and get opportunities.

When there are more people looking for work than there are jobs, it is about luck. Full stop. In our environment of secular stagnation, the ones who get ahead are simply the ones lucky enough to not be squeezed out by the systemic contraction.

Nope, there are plenty of jobs not being filled.

Anyone who is healthy and can't find a job is doing something wrong. I was recently offered three jobs because I make an effort and try to develop skils employers want.

If you're a healthy person capable of working, there is little excuse to be in poverity. Most poverty is a result of bad choices.

It's a macro game. There are about 4 million open jobs in this country right now http://www.epi.org/publication/jobs-60-percent-job-seekers/, and about 10.2 million job-seekers (and that's just *job seekers*, not those who have given up on job-seeking due to the poor economy, the ones uncounted in the unemployment rate). This means that if we eliminated things like geographical problems (many of those seekers might not live where the jobs are), there would still be about 6.2 million people who are shit out of luck because there are simply not enough jobs for everyone.

Or have you polled 10.2 million job seekers to cover your little anecdote there?