> > Herman Cain is right. Any young person in this > > country can get a job if they apply themselves > > and show some resourcefulness. > > authfriend: > Of course, Cain couldn't be more wrong. > There are over 12 million illegal immigrants in this country and most of them have jobs that any young person could perform. So, there are plenty of jobs to do if anyone wants to work.
The problem is with the baby-boomer parents, most of whom raised their children to expect entitlements from the U.S. Government. In contrast, my parents and probably yours, worked hard all their lives for what they got, as did their grandparents, and they saved up. They paid cash for everything they bought. They were tough people back then who weren't afraid of doing manual labor. Today's youth are soft, lazy, and not at all ambitious. In many cases todays youth are even anti-capitalistic socialistic, or communistic. Most of them expect free food in parks, and to be paid for doing nothing but protesting. Times have changed from the old work ethic that made this country a success. Nowadays most people under 25 can't even read or write well, so they should be picking cotton or mowing lawns for a living. I'd be in favor of giving most manual labor jobs to kids under 25, and let them save up some funds. Make every state a right-to-work state. Completely outlaw compulsory unionism. Nobody should ever have to join a union in order to work! > The under-25 unemployment rate in this country > is 18 percent, twice the > national average. > Young people are more likely to find a > job if they're resourceful, naturally, but > resourcefulness is by no means a guarantee of > success if employers aren't hiring, which is > the case currently. > > > If these ragamuffins and malcontents who are > > clogging up the streets don't have jobs and > > don't want jobs, > > And, of course, most of them *do* want jobs. One of the > main reasons they're protesting is the lack of available > jobs. > > > maybe it's time for the government to round them up and put > > them to work doing something useful instead of leaving them > > to waste their time "protesting." > > So many sad aspects to the above: the lack of compassion, > the ignorance, the fascistic tinge of "round them up." The > scare quotes around "protesting" are particularly pathetic, > as if to imply they somehow aren't *really* protesting. > > Most of them would be *thrilled* if the government could > put them in jobs doing something useful. But the > Republicans in Congress have been blocking just about > every measure the administration has proposed to put > folks back to work--because it's to the GOP's advantage > for the economy not to improve. > > And BTW, if young people are forced to take low-wage jobs > when they're qualified for something better, it has > negative effects on their earning power throughout their > lives, even after the economy has recovered. All the GOP > wants to do is win the next election, but its tactics are > going to create a ripple effect that will last for decades. >
