Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Keep it coming, world!

With tremendously great difficulty, I am trying not to become racist. I received a letter in the mail from IDES stating that, "The evidence shows the claimant is attending school on FULL TIME SCHOOL. Since the claimant's school schedule is such that it severely hampers her ability to find suitable work in a large segment of her labor market, her principle occupation is that of a student and she is considered unavailable for work and is ineligible for benefits and will be determined ineligible until she meets the eligibility requirements." 

First of all, I just want to send a heartfelt "fuck you" over to IDES for being just like every other government facility that taints this country. You clearly don't give a fuck about the people out there, like me, who work their asses off to get a good education and also work at the same time in order to afford shelter and food. You're saying that even though I was suddenly fired from a job that I thought was going to be a great opportunity for more hours and pay (and I left a perfectly stable job with less hours to go for it) and because I'm trying to get an education so that I can have a future, that means that I don't have the time to work in order to be able to live somewhere and feed myself? That doesn't make any fucking sense. So I suppose the African American who sits on their ass all day living off unemployment benefits without an education deserves this money the most? That is seriously messed up. In order to receive my benefits, are you seriously suggesting that I drop out of school in order to be "more available to work"? Do you honestly believe that all college students are still living off mommy and daddy? You're fucking wrong. When we lose a job so suddenly, it's serious. We live paycheck to paycheck, and sometimes even less that that. Without a somewhat steady income, our lives crumble instantly. That means we have one week left until we starve, half a tank of gas left until we can't transport ourselves anywhere, a month until we can't pay rent and bills. Sure, I have savings to help me. But I'm paying for school out of pocket. And now I won't be able to finish college, because there's no way I'm getting loans. Finding a job in this hell hole of an economy sucks, and now I have to do it without any sort of backup. Thanks for nothing, IDES. Screw you.

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