“It is easy to say “get a job” if you are employed. During major recessions, getting them is just not always that easy. Many factors — age, location, qualifications (over or under), etc. — impact hiring.”
Agree...but there is still that correlation that shows people have a tendency to ‘find’ jobs very quickly after ‘the money runs out’ (I think 5 weeks). It’s hard to explain any way other than what I posted.
“It is easy to say “get a job” if you are employed. During major recessions, getting them is just not always that easy. Many factors — age, location, qualifications (over or under), etc. — impact hiring.”
Agree...but there is still that correlation that shows people have a tendency to ‘find’ jobs very quickly after ‘the money runs out’ (I think 5 weeks). It’s hard to explain any way other than what I posted.
Those studies were done in the past and do not apply to our brave new world. While we have always had slackers, we now live in a world in which professionals as well as manual laborers compete with illegals and guest workers who often pay no or partial taxes, yet are eligible for our safety net.
In June, 2011 -
Table A is:
The non-institutional civilan population increased by 176,000.
The civilian labor force decreased by 272,000.
Those employed decreased by 445,000.
Those not in the labor force increased by 449,000.
From Table A-1: Of the 89,069,000 not in the labor force, 5,537,000 currently want a job.
From Table A-8: 8,738,000 worker part time for economic reasons
125,000 new legal workers (guest workers and green cards) enter the US each month for an annual total of 1,500,000.
Per PEW 8 million illegals have jobs, many at salaries so low that they are subsidized by tax payers.