I saw a political cartoon the other day, that showed Osama and Saddam with the title, "Bush's Most Wanted." In the next panel was a guy holding up a sign that says "Need Work" and the caption, "America's Most Wanted."
I'm very surprised that some of the posters above jumped on youth supposedly unwilling to take certain jobs. Youth makes a very easy target. I'm not sure where all of you live, but where I live kids still have worse jobs than people in their twenties. The article did a very good job of pointing out the real factors involved here: People are retiring and taking other jobs, people are employing people way overqualified, and people are accepting positions they normally wouldn't.
Unemployment is at a NINE year high.
My thoughts? It's a shame that teenagers that are actively seeking employment cannot find it. Jobs are good for teaching them about the value of the dollar, about other people in their community, and even good for college applications. Until we as Americans get our collective heads out of the sand and demand that our elected officials do something about our economic state, instead of our military state, we will continue to see these type of articles.
Last edited by gov135; 07-14-2003 at 05:47 AM..
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