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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 12:20 PM Jul 2020

White House campaign to help jobless 'find something new'

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
an hour ago

https://apnews.com/32959d751de0f9cc327a92ff60a49b20/gallery/554b24384de440f89f8e2ee3154796bf

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House-backed ad campaign aims to encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to “find something new.”

The opening ad in the “Find Something New” campaign beginning Tuesday features ordinary people sharing their stories. A companion website provides links to training and other resources.

The initiative was swiftly criticized on social media, with some suggesting the effort is insensitive during a pandemic and the widespread unemployment it has caused. Others criticized the involvement of Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and White House adviser.

The Trump administration has long emphasized skills-based job and vocational training as an alternative to two- or four-year college degree programs, arguing that college isn’t for everyone and that many jobs don’t require a degree.

https://apnews.com/32959d751de0f9cc327a92ff60a49b20

Well my "new job " is to vote this traitor and his enablers out of office...................

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White House campaign to help jobless 'find something new' (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2020 OP
A new President malaise Jul 2020 #1
Find something new. Like a new President. C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #2
"I've been laid off because of the virus." "So? Get a job!" JHB Jul 2020 #3
I've been laid off, but fortunately, employers who laid off their employees stopbush Jul 2020 #4
Wondered about ivanka's role and quotes on these isssues. empedocles Jul 2020 #5

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
2. Find something new. Like a new President.
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 12:24 PM
Jul 2020

Geez the Trumps just walked right into that one. What lazy over-privileged idiots.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
4. I've been laid off, but fortunately, employers who laid off their employees
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 12:40 PM
Jul 2020

are looking to replace their employees with me, and I assume my former employer wants to replace me with them.

See how things all work out in tRumpworld?

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
5. Wondered about ivanka's role and quotes on these isssues.
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 12:45 PM
Jul 2020

'At a mid-August fundraiser in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Ivanka Trump was asked to name the personality traits she inherited most from her parents.

Without much of a pause, Trump told the crowd of roughly 120 high-end donors that her mother gave her an example of how to be a powerful, successful woman.

And her father? He passed onto her his moral compass.' - Politico

[That seems to 'explain' some things].

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