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Originally Posted by worldwide
they do have a security guard. every bank has a security guard, and they still get robbed.
this has to be a joke... either that or you have no idea what its really like out there right now.
I just finished my college diploma in urban planning. trying to work for a while to save up to go to 3rd and 4th year, but i cant save anything. i'm working my ass off as a bike messenger for only 1200 a month. i'm one cheque away from homelessness, and i cant even get a job interview at safeway. I applied for a job, planning technician 1 at the city of north van. there were over 80 applicants. so much for that.
just cause life's a gravy boat for you doesnt mean that its easy for everyone
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this is a growing problem. i mean i know when i've lost jobs in the past, i've gone unemployed for long periods of time. sure there are lots of jobs out there, but even though someone has an add up, it doesn't mean they're actually hiring. i've even been "homeless" in the sense where i was staying with a friend because i couldn't afford a place on my own. however, there is a difference between situational homeless, and habitual homeless. i know when i address the homeless situation, i'm meaning the habitual homeless. the ones that are there because they want to be there, or because their addictions have forced them there.
what we should do, seeing is how tax payers have foot the bill for the Olympic Village, is push our MLAs and city councilors to use it as a co-operative transitional social housing project after the games. complete with community centers for job training and addiction support. this would help to appease the "we're against the Olympics because people are homeless" crowd.
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