She sought out help from a counselor in hopes they could direct her in the right direction in obtaining a good job. ... Struggling with his illness and not able to work, the money they saved for many years and planned to use to retire on was now needed to pay for John's chemo and medications. ... She has applied for many jobs within her area, but without a college degree or any past job history of holding down a job; finding a good paying job is difficult. ... Her husband was a welder and obtained good paying jobs, which gave her the opportunity to be a stay at home mom to raise their ...

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There were many lost jobs and homes. ... The closings were because they had no income and people could not to pay their loan bills. ... The companies could not afford to pay employees, suppliers etc (Wiegand, 246). ... These jobs were ion federal camps around the country. ... Over the next year this agency provided 2.5 billion jobs. ...

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This is a very big issues that society need to pay more attention: The youth unemployment especially graduated university students. ... Effects In many countries the government has to pay the unemployed some benefits. For example, in America, when he/she lose his/her job, the government will give he/she monthly an amount of money until he/she has a new job. ... Face the reality, how can young people pay his/her bills, taxes, debit debt,..etc without any wages? ... The way they educated young is to become job-creators, not job-seekers. ...

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The bank took possessions of their land because the owners could not pay off their loan. ... Today we have jobs that are disappearing for good. ... They are employed for a descent pay, wages are slashed, and the hard times become even worse. ... Today we face problems with employment, people are loosing jobs, and are being forced to take any job that comes their way. ... And today this is happening, people are being forced to take low paying jobs in order to keep a roof over their families head....

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The bank took possessions of their land because the owners could not pay off their loan. ... Today we have jobs that are disappearing for good. ... They are employed for a descent pay, wages are slashed, and the hard times become even worse. ... Today we face problems with employment, people are loosing jobs, and are being forced to take any job that comes their way. ... And today this is happening, people are being forced to take low paying jobs in order to keep a roof over their families head....

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"(Fremon 18) However during that same time "average wages for manufacturing jobs increased only 8%"( Fremon 23). ... Banks began to fail as a result of people not paying back the money they had owed to the bank. ... They believed it would be a way for the US to pay off their own debts. ... Farmer could not make enough money to pay their loans and many lost their farms and homes. The working class, 1 in 4 lost their job and with no way to make money many lost their home and struggled to get food for their families. ...

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As people lost their jobs they were not able to pay their debts. They could not pay back the loan companies. ... Once people lost their jobs and money the had less to spend. ... You are paying interest on a loan for a stock which itself is being used as collateral. ... The job was market was terrible and the unemployment rate shot out the roof. ...

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Adults during this time are trying to find jobs, and when they found a job they most likely have to travel, causing them to leave their family and feel some type of loneliness. ... Candy's scared that he'll get canned in the future, which cause him to want to go with George and Lennie when they go to their farm; he even offers to pay for most of it just so he can continue to work. ... I won't have no place to go, an' I can't get no more jobs.... Her husband never pays her any attention, and expects her to sit in their little house all day with nothing to do. ... During...

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A time in which many lost their jobs, became homeless, and went hungry. ... The labor force worked long hours with little pay. ... Over thirteen million people lost their jobs during 1929 to 1936. ... Before the Great Depression, republicans held most of the government jobs. ... These jobs provided jobs for 2,500,000 people during the Depression. ...

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According to a study done by the Brookings Institution, in 1929 "0.1% of Americans controlled 34% of all savings, while 80% of Americans had no savings at all." 2 If Americans could not afford to buy what they wanted, they could get anything they wanted with a small down payment and pay for it over time. ... America had paid in dollars, not in death and destruction, and now it wanted its dollars back" 10 The European nations did not feel compelled to even pay the interest on these loans. ... Prominent businessmen as well as ordinary citizens borrowed money to purchase stock "on margin" with...

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Relief in the form of creating new jobs for unemployed Americans. ... The Civil Works Administration (CWA) was one of the job creation programs. ... The jobs were mostly construction, improving or constructing buildings, highways, schools and bridges. ... It would pay farmers not to plant on part of their land and not to kill off excess livestock, essentially paying them to produce less. ... The act, sponsored by Robert Wagner, gave NLRA workers the legal right to organize and collectively bargain with industry leaders for better pay benefits and working conditions. ...

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He had enough money to pay his rent but had very little left over for anything else, he became dependant on his eldest son to find employment, (who was fifteen) he did get a job as did his next oldest child. The family was now able pay the rent and have enough let over to buy little treats for themselves. ... The older worker may be set in their ways and may not be willing to do the job the way the employer wanted them to do it, they may also demand a higher salary because of their years of experience. The younger worker on the other hand may have no or very limited experience in the job, h...

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There was one problem though, "there were no jobs to be found." (75) At this point in time it was hard to find a job for anyone, let alone a school teacher like Elizabeth. ... It was good pay; any pay was good pay by then." (75) People were starting to not care for what job they got as long as they had a little income flowing in. ... His job entailed scouring the city, rain or shine, trying to sell five cent papers to people walking down the street. ... Even though he hated the job, he kept it to please his mother. ...

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While the military doesn't pay enlisted members enough money to retire early, it does allow them a way to live comfortably, something a job serving fries at McDonalds would never allow to happen. ... Every base that closes is another hundred people with special needs who are out of a job. ... It is hard enough for those people out of work to find a job now. ... What good is an education if there are no jobs available to apply the skills to? ... While no other solution may exist right now, we need to come up with alternative jobs for these people before we take the jobs away. ...

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With his act if farmers reduced their output the government would pay compensation. ... Roosevelt also had another popular idea, which was to increase employment by giving young men jobs in the countryside. ... This act brought in another organization called the Public Works Administration, which organised and funded the building of dams, hospitals, schools, airports, etc. this created millions more job opportunities. ... A maximum 45-hour week was introduced through the Fair Labour Standards Act and also a minimum wage in low paid jobs and nearly all child labour was abolished. ... But th...

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Men became desperate for work and would do anything to get a job, because of the need for work employers began exploiting their workers but the workers thought that it was better to have poor pay than none at all. ... This shows the reader that the employees work a hard week and on the Saturday night they take their pay and go straight to the whorehouse and spend all their money for that week. ... Crooks has been working on the ranch for years and has seen many migrant workers come for a job, trying to raise enough money to fulfil their American dream, buying a piece of land. ...

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act and the Home Owners" Loan Corporation were both formed to help farmers and other households with paying their mortgages, as well as helping the mortgage-holding banks to stay in business. ... Many Americans searched for jobs that simply did not exist. ... The Civil Works Administration was formed as a temporary source of jobs such as leaf raking during the particularly cold winter of 1933. ... Part-time jobs were also found for white collar workers; artists painted murals in public buildings and people like John Steinbeck counted dogs. ... The Tennessee River wa...

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He would have to work for months and it is not so easy for him to find a job because a main attraction was Lennie who was very strong and very efficient in working. ... It is maybe because of Lennie that George even gets these jobs. ... Without Lennie's pay they might have to work many months longer which could mean, that they are at the risk of losing the farm as someone else might buy it. ... Also this is not a possibility because George, in the first 4-5 months would not be able to work much at the farm because after they would have managed to get the 450$ which is very unlikely George...

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Germany was also largely in debt as the Treaty of Versailles declared that the war had been Germany's fault and that they should pay for the damage caused. Due to this Germany's economy suffered from having to pay reparations, relying on loans from America to do so. ... The situation in Germany was made worse because of the reparations they had to pay as a consequence for having started World War I. ... Most governments implemented new taxes to help pay for the desperately needed welfare services. ... The CCC was set up to aid unmarried men by suppling them with jobs. ...

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The pay was twenty cents per day for labour intensive work, basically digging yourself a grave of exhaustion and a grungy lifestyle. ... Many people also moved into rural areas since there simply were no jobs in the cities. ... It was tough to live anywhere since there weren't many jobs in rural areas either. ... Ironically though, the Hoover dam was built during the great depression creating tons of jobs. It seemed large structures were the only things creating jobs since the Golden Gate Bridge and the Empire State Building were both built as well during the great depression. ...

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Workers and Farmers were unable to pay mortgage payments and lost their homes and farms. It was estimated that 1 out of 4 workers had no jobs. ... The PWA helped to create jobs for large numbers of people. ... The WPA was responsible for providing jobs building highways, streets, bridges, parks, and other projects, which were intended to have long term use. ... In 1940 it was estimated that 8 million Americans still had no Jobs. ...

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There were no jobs for unemployed Canadians and for those that had jobs, there was a high chance it could be lost. Consequently, workers who had jobs were paid very low wages and worked such long hours that they were living in a state close to slavery. ... Also, many Canadians had decided to leave their homes and travel around the country looking for jobs. ... People were so desperate that they did not have a job, money, enough food and only ripped clothing to wear. ... To help the prairies, Bennett passed laws to provide funds, to help pay for freight rate, to help farmers transport their gr...

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This act served to stimulate job growth and provide some temporary relief to those most impacted by the recession through spending billions of dollars in tax relief, public works projects, education and job training, etc. ... Jobs have been added at a rate of 200,000 per month but our current unemployment rate still sits around 7.6% and the rates of those underemployed, those who are working below their skill set, and long-term unemployed, those who have been actively looking for a job for 26 weeks, are far to dismal for a recovery (Bernanke 1). ... Many may believe that unemployment in this r...

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People were already losing large sums of money as they were forced to try and pay back expensive mortgage loans that they could not afford, and this loss of wealth meant their was a decrease in other consumer spending. ... If mortgage firms had not been allowing their loans to be so easily attainable then less people would have had the means to take out loans, and only those who could afford to pay them off would have had the access to them. Investment banks made the same destructive decision when allowing investors to buy packages of loans at such a high value without any concern of the mortg...

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" George and Lennie, the journeying workers who came to the ranch one day with a dream of purchasing the small farm they will own as soon as they get the money together, like to think their new job will last at least long enough to get the money; but the reader knows from the start of the book that it will not last for Lennie is a half-witted giant with a passion for petting mice--or rabbits, or pups, or girls-and for killing them when they do not like it (Doren). John Steinbeck's father, John Ernst, got his son and his son's roommate (George Mors) impermanent jobs with a surve...

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