Dem aides could face massive layoffs - Page 2

classicman · 11-29-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Those staff members already lost their jobs, on Jan. 20, 2009.

Well some more will be unemployed in January 2010...

I wonder what they do now. Do they actually join the real world?
Does anyone know? Does anyone really care?

TheMercenary · 09-19-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

For those staff members who were instrumental for this dismal failure our economy is experiencing, I have no problem with them losing their jobs. Most of the unemployed weren't fired because they totally screwed up.

Clodfobble · 11-30-2010, 12:55 AM

They get different jobs on Capitol Hill, usually. Friend's husband was an aide to a Democrat senator who lost his seat several election cycles ago; he just went and became a lobbyist instead.

glatt · 11-30-2010, 08:22 AM

My cousin's husband was a fairly high level republican staffer who lost his job when his Senator retired 2 years ago. He was unemployed for about a year before he finally landed a lobbyist job. It was hard for him to be so powerful and then to be nothing, and the family had a hard time financially.

classicman · 11-30-2010, 09:58 AM

Interesting, thanks.

Lamplighter · 11-30-2010, 10:12 AM

Glatt, I do feel for any family that has hardships.
But isn't working in Congress a lot like teaching...
You know you're not going to get rich teaching,
and you know that everything in DC is going to change,
not always for the better.

glatt · 11-30-2010, 10:40 AM

I'm not trying to paint him as a victim. He knew his job was only as secure as the next election. He had successfully played the Washington game for about 20 years, bouncing from position to position, and then hit a dry spell when his guy retired at the same time that his party lost power temporarily. But these are real people with families, and they don't always land in cushy jobs right away. My cousin's husband is doing OK now at a lobby firm.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2010, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

But isn't working in Congress a lot like teaching...
You know you're not going to get rich teaching,

Does not compute.

Lamplighter · 11-30-2010, 12:13 PM

I'd like an introduction to your wealthy teacher-friends.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2010, 12:18 PM

You think those working in Washington aren't making very good money? Of course your idea of wealthy, considering your opinion that you should just send every child off to get a PhD if they want, might be slightly askew.

TheMercenary · 11-30-2010, 12:50 PM

Hey, as long as someone else pays for it then it should be perfectly acceptable! Whatever anyone wants.

zero liablity voters...

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2010, 12:56 PM

Yeah, but he didn't say anything about someone else paying for it.

Lamplighter · 11-30-2010, 01:05 PM

Hey Bruce, please fill me in on this discussion.
Where did I say this stuff, my memory is failing me

(maybe I'll even agree with you !)

Lamplighter · 11-30-2010, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You think those working in Washington aren't making very good money?
Of course your idea of wealthy, considering your opinion that you should just
send every child off to get a PhD if they want, might be slightly askew.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Only wealthy people would consider it a given,
that all their children should go for a PhD if they desire.
That's a huge financial commitment for even one, for multiple kids its committing over a $million.
Be they liberal or conservative, people that have those resources are generally out of touch
with what is the real world for most people.

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Hey Bruce, please fill me in on this discussion.
Where did I say this stuff, my memory is failing me

(maybe I'll even agree with you !)

OK, I found a thread with postings that may be where you are starting from. Is this it ?

Contrary to your remarks above, I don't believe and haven't said that all children
(with wealthy parents or not) should go for a PhD or any other degree,
based only on their wants/desires.
It's obviously dependent on each student's abilities and desires and resources.

My posts in that thread were concerned with avoiding credit card and student loan debts.
I did advise my G-kids in college to not accept student loans,
but instead to use grants that were available to them.

I'm not seeing how you get from there to not being in touch with the real world.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-01-2010, 03:45 AM

No not that thread, that one makes you sound semi-attached. Abilities are a prerequisite for graduate studies.

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11-30-2010, 12:18 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You think those working in Washington aren't making very good money? Of course your idea of wealthy, considering your opinion that you should just send every child off to get a PhD if they want, might be slightly askew. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-30-2010, 12:50 PM	#11
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Hey, as long as someone else pays for it then it should be perfectly acceptable! Whatever anyone wants. zero liablity voters... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-30-2010, 12:56 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, but he didn't say anything about someone else paying for it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-30-2010, 08:22 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My cousin's husband was a fairly high level republican staffer who lost his job when his Senator retired 2 years ago. He was unemployed for about a year before he finally landed a lobbyist job. It was hard for him to be so powerful and then to be nothing, and the family had a hard time financially.

11-30-2010, 10:12 AM	#6
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Glatt, I do feel for any family that has hardships. But isn't working in Congress a lot like teaching... You know you're not going to get rich teaching, and you know that everything in DC is going to change, not always for the better.

11-30-2010, 10:40 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm not trying to paint him as a victim. He knew his job was only as secure as the next election. He had successfully played the Washington game for about 20 years, bouncing from position to position, and then hit a dry spell when his guy retired at the same time that his party lost power temporarily. But these are real people with families, and they don't always land in cushy jobs right away. My cousin's husband is doing OK now at a lobby firm.

11-30-2010, 12:13 PM	#9
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I'd like an introduction to your wealthy teacher-friends.

11-30-2010, 01:05 PM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Hey Bruce, please fill me in on this discussion. Where did I say this stuff, my memory is failing me (maybe I'll even agree with you !)

12-01-2010, 03:45 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No not that thread, that one makes you sound semi-attached. Abilities are a prerequisite for graduate studies. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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