As an apropos follow up to my last blog post about the unemployment rate in TN costing hardworking taxpayers and employers more unemployment tax money, the Tennessean had another article: "Stimulus keeps checks coming as job hunts fail."
Here's my question: Why haven’t these people tried self employment going and cutting grass, housecleaning, handy man services... Like that 52 year old man who worked in the printing business - with that experience he could write and print on his home computer. Take small orders or help companies print and package material. What about a hobby like gardening? Then he can sell his veggies at the farmers market. People could bake, or a tutor kids etc.. these take little to no money to start up just your time and, let's face it, the unemployed have a lot of that.
This article (and also Sean Hannity) says people are giving up but you know in the Great Depression we did not have unemployment and those people had to find ways to support their families. And they did it without computers and the internet. But they were unemployed, and they did it. And it was the self employed that pulled us out of those hard times, instead of causing more strife.
This weekend, let's think about the talents we have that we haven't put to full use. It all starts with a simple thought of "what if" to take us to "maybe I could try..." to take us to the next level to where we become our own best resource.
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