Posted on 12/14/2013 9:38:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The photo at the end of the article illustrates your point well about insurance and being 18 y.o. to get some jobs. Any job requiring a safety harness and a hardhat will definitely be limited to 18 and above.
Great question !! I expect initially, yes, but as we get replaced the tide will go out. Then their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren will segue into a similar situation.
yep; bitchin about the youth is always in vogue
generalities yes but still very largely true:
the Mexicans do the work, usually quite well too.
many USA kids just don’t, or don’t do it very well
they seem distracted and, yes, “feeling entitled”
My A&P supermarket employs tons of teens. They all seem to be good, honest kids and they are quick workers. I much prefer them to the crazy union employees who work the registers.
I truly believe America is trouble because we have lost our “SHAME.” There used to be a time when we would blush when we saw or did something wrong, now sinfulness has no shame and anything goes. Look at what movies kids watch today, listen to their music, computers have given way to free porno. It means nothing to respect ones parents, to shoot a teacher, “Where is the shame.” Just think about it.
FYI: When you adjust for inflation, the minimum wage today (2013)is a lot lower than it was in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
The minimum wage today is lower than in 1960’s and 70’s. I guess some people don’t know how to adjust for inflation.
Oh, there's probably a Caucasian in there somewhere. They usually are the ones that 'front' the crews (i.e., get permits, inspections and signoffs) who have the proper licenses.
Not sure if I buy this. Grew up in the 70’s and early 80’s. Had to have a 3.0 verified to get a job at mcdonalds. Times were tight, I would have killed to see a list of jobs that are now on Craigslist
Indeed is more extensive.
All roads lead to DC.
You mentioned wanting to be a lifeguard. At the pool in my hometown in the 60s the pay was 50 cents an hour. And there was no lack of applicants.
Good article. Thanks for posting it.
So what? Adjusted to real life in Mexico, U.S. minimum wage is still darned good money down there, and adjusted for inflation, minimum wage is still the number one job killer for U.S. teens.
MINIMUM WAGE IS CONTRARY TO FREE MARKET BALANCE. Minimum wage stifles the ability of kids to learn a work ethic, when they start out getting paid more than what their job is worth in true market value. Minimum wage is one of the things that makes it just plain too expensive for small businesses to employ teens.
I guess some people don’t know how to adjust for inflation.
I guess some people don't know how to adjust for creeping socialism and hard cold reality.
Considering that minimum wage is virtually straight-line direct in CAUSING inflation, that's hardly surprising. So raise it to "adjust" for inflation and guess what will happen, central va?
INFLATION WILL GO EVEN HIGHER.
Counting on minimum wage to "help" the economy is like chasing unicorns: wholly futile.
Obama said it best, “this country is no longer a Christian Nation.†We have given up our culture and now we will be punished.. We have become Mexico, and South America. We will enjoy high crime, drugs , corruption , and high unemployment. The only jobs available will be a drug dealing , assassin, prostitution, and corrupt government worker.
We are very much a Christian nation. It's the very core of the American heritage, in that it was built specifically on the ideal of upholding basic Christian biblical tenets. It wasn't a theocracy, it was a "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" be humble and eschew envy, live-and-let-live freedom-loving Christian rooted nation.
As an American I acknowledge and embrace this nation's Christian heritage. If people want a Muslim nation, they can go build their own, and if non Muslims move there and expect the Muslims to adjust to them and get themselves killed as a consequence, that was the risk they took.
Likewise, when Muslims move here, they adapt to America. When American banks start putting their Christmas trees back up in December and all the other fun Christmas hoopla (oh, how I wish they would! Remember how gorgeous banks used to be during Christmas?), offended Muslims can go bank somewhere else. Be a Mohammadan in America at your own risk, and there will be some who refuse to serve you, rent to you, sell to you, but there will be others who won't -- treat people honorably and you'll probably be treated the same in return -- but know that you won't be killed, as Christians are in Islamic nations.
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