Joblessness in America, 16-19 year olds be damned

phobicsquirrel

RBeckom

The read was a bit one-sided but the comments were closer to the real point that should have been discussed.

jthanatos

I can say I have noticed it as presented in people I interviewed back when I was doing interviews. Younger people tended not to have had any prior work experience, summer jobs or otherwise, while older people could count all the way back to their first detasseling job when they were young. I wonder, though, how much of this trend can also be placed on the migration to big cities? I say this because the agri-jobs and labor jobs are still there, and in some cases desperate, for workers to pick rock, shovel crap, tear off roofs, and do all the other general labor work. But that's just in my small area.

beatnic

Yep. And now let's allow 9 million illegals enter that same job market. It looks like the admin is actually trying to collapse it. Say what? Yep. That's just what Cloward-Piven said to do. He's following it like a book.

RBeckom

The inherent laziness of the younger generations are within themselves to blame for the lack of employment in today's society. Video games and computers, satellite TV, and the list goes on, an exceedingly high sense of self worth and a loathing of real work limits the availability of jobs they are willing to take. Jthanatos hit this one close to the head of the nail, so to speak, because of the unwillingness of those unemployed to do the same menial tasks of which I made a career of and in the process raised five children. Electrician, carpenter, plumber, roofer and tiller of the soil all have I done and it was better than being jobless and homeless.

jthanatos

RBeckom

Amos Umwhat

kuzi16

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Vulchor

RBeckom:

The inherent laziness of the younger generations are within themselves to blame for the lack of employment in today's society. Video games and computers, satellite TV, and the list goes on, an exceedingly high sense of self worth and a loathing of real work limits the availability of jobs they are willing to take. Jthanatos hit this one close to the head of the nail, so to speak, because of the unwillingness of those unemployed to do the same menial tasks of which I made a career of and in the process raised five children. Electrician, carpenter, plumber, roofer and tiller of the soil all have I done and it was better than being jobless and homeless.

While I totally agree with this sentiment.....I also do not. I am 32, part of said video game-ME ME ME generation.....and I worked since the day after I turned 16 and continue to. Paid for my own college, etc. I was not rich AT ALL, and while not poor I was certainly lower middle class. I couldve leached off my parents and been a bum no doubt------but I think a little bit of the look on this generation is typical of every "older" generation always feeling theirs was better and they had it harder, etc.

kuzi16

Russ55

A lot of young people in ALL generations don't handle their first jobs well. It could just be more of a maturity issue than a generational one.

phobicsquirrel

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beatnic

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beatnic

Amos Umwhat

kuzi16

RBeckom

Rhamlin

CigarMan37

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Vision

iPhones and texting or working....... Tough choice.

fla-gypsy

Lazy young people were taught to be lazy. Young people willing to work for something were taught to do that. The fault lies with parents, schools, and government. They created this mess.

jadelt

I am glad that I am old..... I will be gone before the fallout hits hard. Feel sorry for my kid though. (but he works his ass off so he will survive)

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