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But none of that addresses the willingness to work. NONE OF IT.

I can recall the lines going around the block in many cities when McDonald's announced it was hiring.

Thousands show up to apply for fast-food "McJobs"

Nearly 6 million Americans ages 16 to 24 are not working and not in school, keeping the youth unemployment rate at nearly 15 percent. Young people are always twice as likely to be unemployed as the population as a whole, but many economists worry that young Americans are having a more difficult time since the recent recession in getting a start in the adult world. The effects of high youth unemployment are staggering: delayed marriages, depressed rates of home ownership and, for a growing percentage of young adults, the inability to move out of parental homes into a more independent lifestyle. The number of college graduates working in minimum wage jobs has more than doubled over the past five years, while the situation is even grimmer for young people with less education — particularly minorities. Meanwhile, working Americans are paying more in taxes to support social-welfare expenses for young people without jobs.

but you have insisted on being an asshole.

Yeah, that will help things. LOL.

lived it, 23 years, you researched it from the sterile laptop......Sorry, I don’t care. I know what I lived. Besides, your figures don’t address the why....just the what. I know the why. You refuse, because it’s inconvenient for you.

No, I have not researched it from a sterile laptop. I have interviewed those without jobs who have had their jobs taken by immigrants, legal and illegal. For example, I met a black stonemason in his 40s, a veteran. He was getting part-time work in DC. He was earning less per hour than he got 20 years earlier in NC. Most of the people he worked with spoke Spanish only. They really didn't accept him on the job. And the supervisors, most of whom were Hispanic, treated him the same way.

I helped organize and participated in the 2013 March for Jobs in DC. It was done in conjunction with the the Black American Leadership Alliance (BALA).

Senator Ted Cruz addressed the crowd at the DC March for Jobs

Here's a video

We had Mo Brooks, Allen West, Jeff Sessions, Steve King, and a host of other luninaries speak at the March.