The Moratorium

Ever since about April of last year, I've had the sneaking suspicion that there's a federal moratorium on giving me money. Much like the moratorium on gulf-coast drilling, all donations or compensations of cash flowing toward me have been banned. This moratorium extends to trade as well as wages. Let's examine the evidence, shall we:

• My last "permanent" employment was in April of 2010 with the civil engineering department at Brigham Young University. Though the moratorium may have actually taken effect before this, I was the only one who was willing to TA environmental engineering with Dr. Williams during winter semester, so they had to keep for at least a few additional months.
• Even though I was employed with tαr3eI for a couple of weeks during this winter, the compensation that I received was negligible and they dismissed me well before the January 10th deadline to retain holiday employees.
• I filled out over 300 job applications and got 3 interviews, all of which were within 50 miles of the campus of my Alma Mater. And out of these 3 interviews, zero offers were extended.
• I've tried to sell both my dirt bike and my engagement ring from fiancée #2. The price of both of these was probably under what they're actually worth, but I got about 4 calls between the two of them. (And on a side note, Craigslist is nothing but crime!)
• It's too early to call 'game over,' but universities and civil engineering departments seem hesitant to offer me any sort of funding other than loans. And btw, only getting money that someone expects you to repay isn't sustainable, just try paying off a credit card with another credit card every month, it doesn't work.

This is all granted that my mom has given me money in the recent past, but that's nothing unusual. I wouldn't expect her to stop giving me money now, even if there is a moratorium.

I'm looking at you Obama... What should I do?

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