EPTUnemployment rate for young americans = 52.2% - Page 7
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
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VorcePA
United States1102 Posts
On September 29 2009 06:36 andrewlt wrote: Where have you been the last few months? The economy is stabilizing. I'm in LA and the local economy in California is terrible but the country as a whole is starting to recover. Las Vegas is one of the hardest hit cities in the world and I think that's coloring your perspective to a large degree. Las Vegas' economy is almost all built on frivolous, discretionary spending and that's always the first to go in any recession. Sad to say, your local economy will probably be the last to recover. I am well aware of the state of Las Vegas. I live, go to school, and attempt to find work here. That said, I was stating the country as a whole -- not just this city. Only time will tell who is right and who is wrong, but I believe the worst is yet to come. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9110 Posts
On September 29 2009 07:31 orgolove wrote: I'm personally glad that the ****** idiots that do not go to college out of high school have a hard time finding a job, just as they should be. Failures at life  There have been many idiotic posts in this thread. But I think yours may be the worst. Do you realize how unfeasible it is for every person in the world to get a college education before entering the workforce? I mean the majority of jobs out there you don't need 4 years of college schooling to adequately perform. If every individual got a college education then it's not like the need for blue collar jobs would magically dissapear, while generally, higher paying, white-collar jobs sprouted out of nowhere. Do you want to be the guy who has student loans to repay but works the cash register at a grocery store because your degree is nothing special? You should be glad you have the opportunity to get a college education and not look down upon those who don't have that same option. You would most likely be better suited doing a blue collar job anyway, seeing as you seem to be pretty stupid. | ||
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L
Canada4732 Posts
Quite sad how 'education for all' just turned into 'everyone gets to waste 4 years getting drunk'. | ||
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JinKazama23
United States234 Posts
They would rather employ someone experienced. You apply for job - they tell you, you need experience. You try to get experience - they tell you, they're looking for someone more experienced. Great academic, and scholastic achievements mean shit in these days. You go to school to waste your parents money, because now days it's not education and 4.0 GPA that's hot on the market, but useful skills and abilities that you acquire through EXPERIENCE. Obama's administration has been in charge for a too short period of time to have anything to do with that. Watch TV less, think more. | ||
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orgolove
Vatican City State1650 Posts
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
On September 29 2009 10:00 orgolove wrote: In the US, there really is no excuse at all for not going to college. Whether a prestigious private university or a community college, the system is set such that if you look for it, you will get it. Don't sell me the bullshit about expensive and unaffordable tuition. It just means a difference between $20,000 debt when leaving college versus $30,000, which is still a pittance compared to what you gain from a college education. You're missing the point; our economy has not developed to the extent that we can do away with all jobs which require menial labor. Things have been trending this way for hundreds of years (as can be seen with the rise of the middle class) and perhaps some day we will get to the point where virtually all labor-intensive work is automated- but we aren't there yet. Say the US economy can only support 25% of the labor force to work in white-collar occupations and 40% are qualified. You'll have an enormous population of the underemployed. The argument can be made for education for it's own sake, but one is perfectly capable of using other resources at their disposal aside from formal education to broaden their knowledge of the world. Degrees are useful in obtaining higher employment and impressing pompous asshats like yourself. They don't make you a better, or even necessarily smarter, person. | ||
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Monstah-_-
249 Posts
On September 28 2009 14:16 mOnion wrote: this is false, there's no way. the highest US unemployment ever got to was 25%, and that was the shitter. the idea that we're in a 50% unemployment rate is just ludicrous. false stats out the ass How bout you read the article and figure out that they are talking about "the youth." On September 29 2009 07:44 Jonoman92 wrote: There have been many idiotic posts in this thread. But I think yours may be the worst. Do you realize how unfeasible it is for every person in the world to get a college education before entering the workforce? I mean the majority of jobs out there you don't need 4 years of college schooling to adequately perform. If every individual got a college education then it's not like the need for blue collar jobs would magically dissapear, while generally, higher paying, white-collar jobs sprouted out of nowhere. Do you want to be the guy who has student loans to repay but works the cash register at a grocery store because your degree is nothing special? You should be glad you have the opportunity to get a college education and not look down upon those who don't have that same option. You would most likely be better suited doing a blue collar job anyway, seeing as you seem to be pretty stupid. Word. Just listening to him makes me think he really is the retarded scum of humanity. | ||
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FastEddieV
United States614 Posts
On September 28 2009 12:33 lilsusie wrote: Thus why I don't want to go back to the States Well yeah, but you're hanging out with progamers and going to allyoucaneat steakhouses so of course there's no motivation to come back to the US, recession or no. I'm technically employed as a substitute teacher but I'd really like to have steady work. It's very difficult here in suburbia to find anything :/ | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22260 Posts
On September 29 2009 04:44 psion0011 wrote: I just want to mention that a liberal arts bachelors degree graduate working at mcdonald's isn't underemployment at all  Serious debate aside (which I'm enjoying), this comment was LOL.  | ||
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OreoBoi
Canada1639 Posts
Any 16-18 that's not a student and doesn't have a job probably doesn't deserve a job. In a time of recession, who is going to hire a high-school drop out? I'll bet 100% of all 16 and 17 year olds that aren't students are unemployed. I'm not trying to sound like a jerk, but if you know there's a recession and you drop out of high school, you are an idiot. As for people 18-24, in a time of recession, I think people have to go to a college or at least go somewhere where they can have an apprenticeship. You have to do something to increase your chances of getting hired. Learning a trade is just as good as, or even better than getting a degree. There is still demand for plumbers, carpenters etc. I still believe that if you're not lazy and not an idiot, you can get a job. It might just be enough to support you, but you can at least have income. | ||
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orgolove
Vatican City State1650 Posts
On September 29 2009 12:43 OreoBoi wrote: This article is complete BS, it's basically fear mongering. It's what the media does to sell newspaper or get views on TV. Any 16-18 that's not a student and doesn't have a job probably doesn't deserve a job. In a time of recession, who is going to hire a high-school drop out? I'll bet 100% of all 16 and 17 year olds that aren't students are unemployed. I'm not trying to sound like a jerk, but if you know there's a recession and you drop out of high school, you are an idiot. As for people 18-24, in a time of recession, I think people have to go to a college or at least go somewhere where they can have an apprenticeship. You have to do something to increase your chances of getting hired. Learning a trade is just as good as, or even better than getting a degree. There is still demand for plumbers, carpenters etc. I still believe that if you're not lazy and not an idiot, you can get a job. It might just be enough to support you, but you can at least have income. Exactly. Some people in this thread refuse to acknowledge that the unemployment rate mentioned here only concerned "young americans." In this state of economy, do you really expect a high school dropout or a high school graduate without a firm plan for the future to have the tiniest chance of getting a job? If you are one of the 52% of American youth that are a) not a student and b) do not have a job or an apprenticeship, then I repeat what I said before: On September 29 2009 07:31 orgolove wrote: Failures at life You don't deserve to live. The US has not deteriorated so much that it's impossible to find a way to survive if you truly wish to support yourself, to live a life worth living. | ||
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Mora
Canada5235 Posts
On September 29 2009 14:32 orgolove wrote: Exactly. Some people in this thread refuse to acknowledge that the unemployment rate mentioned here only concerned "young americans." In this state of economy, do you really expect a high school dropout or a high school graduate without a firm plan for the future to have the tiniest chance of getting a job? If you are one of the 52% of American youth that are a) not a student and b) do not have a job or an apprenticeship, then I repeat what I said before: You don't deserve to live. The US has not deteriorated so much that it's impossible to find a way to survive if you truly wish to support yourself, to live a life worth living. you are a cunt. i've not been so immature as to get angered by a tl.net forum post in a long time. i want to rant a scream at you for being who you are, but that would accomplish little, and i would act the child. i just can't believe that people as ignorant as you actually exist. you've sincerely blown me away. like, i want to interview you to find out how you got to be the way you are. i'm not even trolling. you have me completely astounded. | ||
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
On September 29 2009 18:36 Mora wrote: you are a cunt. i've not been so immature as to get angered by a tl.net forum post in a long time. i want to rant a scream at you for being who you are, but that would accomplish little, and i would act the child. i just can't believe that people as ignorant as you actually exist. you've sincerely blown me away. like, i want to interview you to find out how you got to be the way you are. i'm not even trolling. you have me completely astounded. Or he's trolling really hard and having a laugh at rageposts :p | ||
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koreasilver
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Velr
Switzerland10939 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32280 Posts
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Alizee-
United States845 Posts
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Mora
Canada5235 Posts
On September 29 2009 22:51 Sadistx wrote: Or he's trolling really hard and having a laugh at rageposts :p i hope that that's the case t.t | ||
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koreasilver
9109 Posts
On September 30 2009 01:12 Alizee- wrote: I'm glad like 10% of the people actually commenting are American. Just remember, we go in the shitter, everyone else goes in the shitter. rofl, that's where Americans that think like you are just terribly wrong. Of course at the beginning it'll all be a mess because America is generally in the centre of all consumption in the world at the moment, but if America goes down, some place or places else will take the vacant spot. Many countries have already been expanding their markets to places other than America for years now preparing for the scenario. | ||
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