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Stargazer99

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12. get pissed at these work requirements because employers always want trained employees

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jan 31, 2026, 01:17 PM

12 hrs ago

and this country has no national programs to train in needed professions or the cost of the training is TOO dammed expensive for poor people. This work demand is just a way to torment the poor

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