Since most teens can no longer find work in this job market I think teach needs a new solution.
. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:33 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > My Economics professor hypothesizes that teenagers and young adults will > be a driving force helping to prop the economy up long enough for a > positive change. > > He rejects hypotheses that the econmoy is recovering too slowly to > create jobs and the rise in gas prices has chipped away at disposable > income causing spending to be further reduced. > > He claims that teens and young adults will continue to spend as normal > since they are more apt to be concerned with today and do not look to > tomorrow. > > I do not think he is correct. Young adults *might* be prone to this > behavior, but teens are often still reliant on their parents' income for > much of their spending. The ones who live paycheck to paycheck and > spend it all every month are reckless enough with their money that it is > not believable that they will make any positive impact on the economy > long enough to matter, especially since they are doing nothing to > increase their financial worth and purchasing power. > > Opinions? Especially from those with older childr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339658 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
