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"Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden."
"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t’ turn up at all."
"Plans are only good intentions unless the immediately degenerate into hard work."
"Action is the real measure of intelligence."
"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work."
"Every man loves what he is good at."
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges."
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
"The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work."
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Employ First Those Without Work the Longest
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Long-term unemployed people should be moved to the front of the line for hiring to prevent the most drastic effects of losing a job, such as poverty, homelessness and loss of skill base.
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Decriminalize Poverty and Homelessness
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Homeless people experience stress and insecurity regarding their belongings and personal safety. They vulnerable to criminals, yet the very condition of being without a home is criminalized by many co...
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Ensure Banking for Indigents
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It's difficult for homeless people without an address to open a bank account and save the funds they need to move back into mainstream society.
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Ensure Connectivity for Job Seekers
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People Agree
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Getting a job is nearly impossible without connectivity. A cell phone allows job seekers to receive calls and emails, but when funds run low, as during periods of unemployment, people who most need t...
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Create financial incentives
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Create financial incentives to encourage small businesses and large companies with to hire Long-term Unemployed people into their ranks by creating a point scale for.
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Foster a grassroots movement through social organi...
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Foster a grassroots movement through social organizetions and churches that actively works nationwide to end the unfair laws in local jurisdictions that criminalize homelessness.
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Offer free savings accounts for indigent individua...
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Automatic teller machines can accept small cash deposits in addition to direct deposits, banks could offer free savings accounts for indigent individuals.
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Free cell phones and service availability to unemp...
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Ensure that each state makes existing programs for free cell phones and service available also for anyone eligible to receive unemployment benefits. Encourage cell phone carriers to create programs th...
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petition
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PETITION to the Department of Labor to create a un...
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PETITION the Department of Labor to create a uniform scoring system that allows Federal, State and local agencies to prioritize people who are most in need of immeidate employment, so these agencies c...
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PETITION to church and civic organizations
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SAMPLE PETITION(S) appropriate for thousands of people in hundreds of communities to circulate and present to their local officials calling for them to decriminalize homelessness, address the local ca...
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PETITION to Federal and State regulatory agencies
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PETITION Federal and State regulatory agencies to allow for the creation of a special class of bank accounts for indigent individuals. PETITION banks to support such a class of banking as a community ...
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PETITION to existing state or local programs to in...
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PETITION any existing state or local programs that do not currently include unemployed workers in their programs, to do so immediately, starting at the time people become unemployed. PETITION all cel...
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Sarah Anderson
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Sarah Anderson
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