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No, I am currently unemployed.
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Yes, I have a full time perminent job. (I just surf to much on 'poly)
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September 25, 2003, 22:58
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If you got drafted? Sure, they would have let you go...after the war though. 
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September 25, 2003, 23:08
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Originally posted by Big Crunch
I would complain that I am being taxed unfairly, no Personal Allowance for me and I can only claim back pension payments when I leave the country, but then I am a filthy foreigner stealing hard working Australians' jobs.
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Ouch, I only have to pay 5% here and there's not much in the way of sales taxes...
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Stop Quoting Ben
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September 25, 2003, 23:16
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Jesus! My partner currently pays 33% in taxes on his salary. 
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"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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September 25, 2003, 23:17
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*hugs the Korean government and is very happy that its the US's ******
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September 26, 2003, 01:18
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I'm still a student. I'd never get the time or transportational freedom needed to maintain a job.
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September 26, 2003, 01:42
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Originally posted by Wittlich
If you got drafted? Sure, they would have let you go...after the war though.
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You mean they're hypocritical enough to keep "faggots" as cannon fodder by ignoring their own policy? 
But then, why should I be surprised of such hypocrisy? 
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September 26, 2003, 14:38
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Is the Department of Defense hypocritical? Of course.
The military's bottom line is what is best for the nation, not the individual. But then, who ever said that the US military was a democracy? 
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"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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September 26, 2003, 14:45
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student taking a quarter off, working as a temporary replacement on a contract basis as a network admin at a school in atlanta.
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September 26, 2003, 15:00
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I voted unemployed, because none of the options where to me...
I'm currently a student
And where's the Banana option 
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This space is empty... or is it?
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September 26, 2003, 15:58
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I have a part time job and am a full time student. I may get a second part time job and/or increase the hours of the first eventually.
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September 26, 2003, 17:17
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If I'm lucky, I'll get a job tonight. If not, I won't be any worse off than I already was.
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September 26, 2003, 19:05
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 Good luck with your interview Swithin!
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"One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996
"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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September 26, 2003, 20:27
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I was without employment or classes for 14 months, though i was activelly looking for work for 8 of them. Now I have a job that pays crap, with at least 60 hours a week, but it is work, and I get to learn about politics...and visit the places of power in NYC, which are very unimpressive, but then this city has a bigger budget than most states.
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September 27, 2003, 00:23
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Originally posted by Wittlich
Is the Department of Defense hypocritical? Of course.
The military's bottom line is what is best for the nation, not the individual. But then, who ever said that the US military was a democracy?
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Whether an institution is democratic or not that is not the point -- the point is, to what extent should an institution hold itself consistently with its own policy?
Even if its policy IS homophobic. 
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September 27, 2003, 00:39
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You should've went to Japan, Boshko. I don't pay any income tax, Japanese or American. 
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September 27, 2003, 00:46
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I just have a question for those here at apolyton living in Europe. What is the unemployment rate in the country you are living in? Here is the US it is around 6%.
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September 27, 2003, 02:34
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Here (Germany) it's around 10%. That's what they say, but they lie. The truth is probably much worse.
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September 27, 2003, 02:40
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Indeed, you don't count those on "rehabilitation", for example, to keep people off the rolls. There are more examples. In fact, your unemployment is closer to 20%, fairly counted.
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September 27, 2003, 07:06
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I dunno, supposedly low but the figures have been 'readjusted' with various stuff.
Well within the science sector, the government are perpetuating a very nasty lie. They claim they need more people there, that there is an employee shortage. This is a lie though. In my experience it has been very hard for science graduates to find jobs...
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September 27, 2003, 08:16
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You always manage to depress me Provost.
Anyway, Fulltime student with part-time job.
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September 27, 2003, 08:48
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It's what I excel at
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Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith
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September 27, 2003, 09:53
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Originally posted by LoneWolf
Indeed, you don't count those on "rehabilitation", for example, to keep people off the rolls. There are more examples. In fact, your unemployment is closer to 20%, fairly counted.
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We in the US only count those looking for work as unemployed. Those that have given up aren't. I wonder what the true unemployment rate in the US is?
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September 27, 2003, 13:11
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Originally posted by GePap
We in the US only count those looking for work as unemployed. Those that have given up aren't. I wonder what the true unemployment rate in the US is?
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It's between 10 and 11% probably. It's been measured lately.
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September 27, 2003, 16:36
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Originally posted by MrFun
No -- I'm a part-time employee through an internship while going for my Master's.
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Was this subtle humor...or does Fun not understand that it is a very fine distinction between grad student and mendicant?
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September 27, 2003, 16:43
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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I am a full-time student, so economically speaking, while I am not gainfully employed, I am not unemployed either.
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September 27, 2003, 16:45
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Originally posted by Jack_www
I wonder if anyone here on Apolyton is looking for people to hire?
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I am...no kidding. Never even thought of Poly. Have 2 positions.
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September 27, 2003, 16:48
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Originally posted by Boshko
I teach. Its the fate of all liberal arts majors 
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I am proud of you though.
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September 27, 2003, 16:52
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Originally posted by Makeo
I am unemployed, paradoxically I'm going to work tomorrow.
hmm
I quit my job, but they need someone to cover a shift tomorrow so since I haven't got anything else to do....
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You're cool.
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September 27, 2003, 16:54
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Originally posted by el freako
I work part-time (around 50 to 100 hours a month), but as that usually net's me £2,500 then I see no need to work more.
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what sort of work? And what is that in dollars? Or euros? (major currency please! )
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September 27, 2003, 16:54
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Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
I'm a student but I (supposedly) do that full time.
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I thought you flunked out.
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