In President Obama's speeches this year, a steady theme has been creating jobs and economic opportunity for Americans. In his State of the Union address in January he said that "what I believe unites the people of this nation . . . is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all—the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead." And in his weekly address on Saturday, he repeated his strong appeal to young people: "As long as I hold this office, I'll keep fighting to give more young people the chance to earn their own piece of the American Dream."
Yet during the more than five years Mr. Obama has been in office, young people have been especially hard-hit by the slow and virtually jobless recovery. Given the destructive effect this has on individual initiative and the prospects of a productive and rewarding working life, the continuing struggle of young Americans to find jobs, start building families and contribute to society is no longer simply a matter of politics or policy. On a deeply human level, it's profoundly sad.
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3 comments:
The administration wants to bring the economy to its knees.. The young people don't remember prosperity and what it was like when things WERE better 4 years ago.. Now we want to give the entry level jobs to illegals and pay them $15 per hour..
12:49, it's been SIX long years...
I know, when you're doing nothing but keeping your nose to the grindstone to stay afloat, it's hard to keep track of the long range stuff...
At $15/hr, it would cost a fast food restaurant more than $400k to have a cashier available 16 hours a day for 4 years.
These jobs are going to be given to kiosks, with a cost savings of 90%. You'll get more accurate orders, less time waiting in line for somebody to reappear from wherever they went in the back or find the Big Mac picture on the keypad, and you'll get correct change, too.
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