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You may or may not know me, I am Steve Senti, I own and run www.oreilly-sucks.com. I have since August of 2001. I am also a long time member of democaraticunderground.com. I joined right after it was put online in January of 2001.
I am 47 years old, and have not worked since 1995, due to a bad back from back surgery, and a few other medical problems. I live with my retired father who is 82 years old, and on a fixed income. I applied for social security disability and it was denied, then I got an attorney and we spent 3 years filing appeals, which were all denied.
This was quite a few years ago, since then I have only run oreilly-sucks.com and once in a while I build a website for someone and they pay me a small fee to do it. But that only happens about once a year, if that.
In the last 6 months or so I have applied for some jobs to see if anyone would hire me, even if the job might be too hard on my back for me to do. I applied at many places, in person, and on their website. From printing companies, to warehouse jobs, to forklift jobs, to a job at burger king or hardees. I even applied for telemarketing jobs, and they will not hire me either.
I worked as a Journeyman Cutter in a printing factory called International Paper Company, from 1978 to 1995. And even the printing companies will not hire me. I do not know for sure, but I believe it is age discrimination.
Nobody will hire me, they never call me back, or respond to my e-mails. I put in the application, then I never hear from them again, any of them. I even called some of them weeks later and asked if they were going to offer me a job and they always say no, or we will get back to you. Then they never get back to me, ever, not once.
My question is, does anyone know what I can do. Is there any government programs for people like me, what does a person do when nobody will hire them for any job?
People (mostly Republicans) say there are jobs out there for you if you want to work. But they never say what a person does if nobody will hire them.
My father is 82 years old and he will not live forever. If something were to happen to him I would be in his house with no income and no way to pay the bills. So I would basically be homeless, unless my brother or someone in the family would take me in.
Basically I am asking what a person does when they want to work but nobody will hire them, does anyone have an answer to that question. Is there a government program that helps people like me, would I qualify for welfare?
I'm pretty sure I can get food stamps, but that is only $120 a month, and it wont pay the bills if something happens to my Father. I need a job, but nobody will hire me, so what does a person like me do in this situation?
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