Are the young of this country being shafted?

Question

I'm 24, I have a good degree, I have many skills, I'm hard working, there are no jobs going that are actually going to contribute to positive change. I earn 12,000 a year my rent is 400 a month, how thw **** am I supposed to live, why shouldn't I take **** loads of drugs and alcohol?

I live in Norwich UK

I'm seriously consdering going on the doll, I could work a lot more then, would have the time. Could do a lot more for society, you don't get paid for any of the jobs worth doing, becasue people with rich parents will do them for nothing by volunteering. Everyone else I know is just coupling up, moving away and getting help from there parents. But that just isn't possible for me.

I notice the Americans have it easy. Why is that I wonder? Its not because they are shafting the whole world is it? (thats sarchasm by the way).

If America was socialist the rest of the world would be much better of ****.

I don't know why did you get pregnant at 18? My Dads Autistic and very succesful unfortunatley though if my Dad had have started work today he would have really struggled he's a glass and ceramics expert where are the jobs in that when you can buy china plates for like a pound from Asda (owned by the Americans incidentally)

Well Bambi how much was 13k 10 years ago and how much was rent? I have an honours degree in Biological Sciences and a deploma in art and design. I have a very possitive attitude when it comes to work. I actually do give a **** about people and the future, thats why employers don't like me. What does your husband do? I work hard I just don't get paid for the things I do. Also what do you do? As for spelling come on, don't let it annoy you, you can still see my point right?

I agree with you about degrees though. They don't mean much. What they do do though is (if your bright and can write an essay in a day and still get a good mark) give you plenty of time to look at the world how its working, what people actually spend there lives doing and what affect this has. The big picture basically. Art school is even better for this because you are given an outlet for this.

Also David 60k a year what do you do?

I refuse to be shafted and I refuse to make lots of money doing anything that does more harm than good.

If that means going on the doll untill this is sorted out then thats what I will do. Its not my fault, I am not going to be given a job where I might be able to change things unless I fit in with the current scheme. But if I fit in with the current scheme I will no longer wish to change anything and so the world rolls on

I just don't want to waste my life I certainly don't want it to have a negative contribution.

I will not accept anything that I do not believe to be an improvment and I will resist it every step of the way, even if it means that I supposly miss out.

Answer 1

join the club. this country is crap for the young. well the young trying to make a legit living anyway. or maybe its just my workplace thats shafting me.

anyway don't take the drugs coz they don't work & alcohol won't make you forget, it just gives you a stinking hangover

Answer 2

Firstly maybe you ought to learn to spell - you might get paid more then!

Secondly maybe you don't have a job because employers want employees with positive attitudes and you certainly don't have that!

I am one of the people that "moved away" to find a better job, that's how life goes, you can either sit on your bum and complain about it and achieve absolutely nothing other than getting up people's noses or you can go and do something about it.

Just because you have a degree doesn't mean you are necessarily very bright, what was the degree in??? A lot of people I have met through work do not have degrees and quite frankly they are just as intelligent as some that do have degrees. On the other hand a lot of graduates I have seen and I have seen a lot as we have a graduate programme at work, just take the mick and do as little as they can get away with.

You aren't that old either, my husband has a top degree and started on a salary of £13k aged 23, he is now 33 and earns almost £50k purely because he works damn hard!

(Also for those American's who've answered it's £12k British Pounds not dollars, in dollars it's about 23,000)

Answer 3

I so undestand what you mean, but don't trash yourself to prove something to someone, they don't mind !!!!

The world is forged to be like that, and worse...Please inform yourself about the New World Order, and the Illuminatis !

They are the Illuminatis, and they own you,
This is the New World Order, and it is your future if the world don't wake up :

And this is what Bush’s minions had to say in 2000;-
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor"
Project for the New American Century (2000)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
Hermann Göring(Nazi) 1946 Nuremberg Trials

"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order."
David Rockefeller: Statement to the Untied Nations Business Council in September 1994

"For more than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with other around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it." David Rockefellers memoirs (2002)

Answer 4

Dude with a degree if you are only making 12 G s a year that is your fault get up off you pity party box and put some resu'me's out there you are doing some thing wrong get with the program hell people with a 6 grade education are making more than you is you degree is basket weaving or something like that if so that's a problem if not get out there and get er done quit wining and no you cant afford lots of drugs and alcohol so for get that and suck it up you can make this situation better but not working at McDonald's with a freaking degree

Answer 5

there are plenty of jobs you can do with any degree to make more . just because you go to college doesn't mean you don't have to work your way up the ladder . College is not always a good thing , employers want hard workers and experience more . you could work for mcdonalds and within 2 years be promoted and making 30k a year , then another year make 50k . the possibilities are out there you just have to find them

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Answer 7

Don't know how it is in the UK but its limitless here in the US. If you are bright and willing to work hard, you can do anything.

I have a degree in Computer Science and I got sick of working for ignorant department heads and companies and now do my own work. To help out in the transition, I learned how to work as a Disk Jockey.

Answer 8

becuz that would be immature and make ur situation even worse, and waste ur money, and u might even lose ur job, then ud really be in a situation. And if u are only making 12,000 dollars a year then u are doing something wrong and should go look for a job elsewhere and maybe look for a career.

Answer 9

simple . get a better attitude . move from that hole called norwich and change jobs ........ the young are not being shafted they just dont wanna earn a living anymore they think a degree gives them automatic rights. i got no degree and i earn 60k a year but i went out and worked towards that

Answer 10

What the hell does he mean (Roll on Conservatives.. ) The so called the peoples party are now Conservatives, and they are all having one hell of a party at the White British tax payers expense

Answer 11

Learn from the "past", it's a teacher;

live for "today", it is all you have;

plan for the "future", it will arrive, despite all else,

and if you are alive, it becomes your "today".

It has nothing to do with age: there is only ONE option to getting older.