Selma, Alabama
Today I read a CNN report about how shitty things are in Selma, Alabama. Well, here is some news for you: It doesn’t have to be that way.
The unemployment rate is around 20%. How can 1 in 5 people be unemployed? It makes no sense. On the front page of Tell Your Boss to Shove It there are all kinds of things anyone anywhere can do to make money.
Elsewhere in the article there was mention of how someone was making $400 a week in a cigar factory but now that they were laid off they were only getting $250 a week from unemployment. Again, this makes no sense because you can easily make way more than that just selling junk on eBay or Craig’s List.
There was also a report of how people who work for a grocery store were being limited to 32 hours a week. This is AWESOME news because that leaves them 136 hours a week to work for themselves and make some real money.
Sadly, however, I doubt that anyone in Selma will ever read this. I wish I could reach out and shake some of these people and tell them that no matter what their circumstances are, there are plenty of ways to make money. The internet makes it possible for anyone anywhere to make boatloads of cash, I just wish people would see that.