Farmers in Morocco can earn 40 times more money by growing marijuana instead of avocados or tomatoes. Meanwhile, my friend René brings in ten times the salary she used to make as a secretary by working as a stripper at a nightclub. That means she can devote less time to earning a living and has more time to do what she loves, which is playing music ( Read more... )

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Went to a job fair in Knoxville overday. It was the second-bleakest I've ever attended. They only had 35 prospective employers there and most of them were in lines of work with high turnover (fast food, factories, temping). I only left off a resume with the registration desk; they promise to add it to a database of resumes they're creating on ( Read more... )