Well, I just heard that those of us unemployed in my demo (over 55) have only a 6% chance of finding a job in any given 2-month period.

That makes this job search s-o-o-o-o-o much more encouraging.

My husband and I are over 50, both unemployed, and we keep getting passed over for other applicants who are younger and/or have “more recent work experience”. We are living off of my husband’s meager military retirement, our savings, and handouts from relatives. And of course things cannot continue this way indefinitely.

What happens when this lost generation hits retirement age? They will not have acquired the wealth needed to retire; some of them might not have acquired the experience needed to support themselves as senior citizens in jobs, either. We will be facing either a public-assistance bomb or a generation that spent half of its time dependent on their parents and the other half dependent on their children. Likely it will be a mix of both.

It’s going to get very, very bad before, and if there is, a true economic turnaround. Crime and suicide rates are going to go higher.

Instead of focusing so much on a lack of opportunity, perhaps it’s time to point out that a lot of these people are entitled, lazy, and unskilled. Many of these people are completely useless.

jhffmn on May 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM

Well, I agree. Positions in blog trolling are not for everyone…

amasimp on May 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM

That was just someone trolling.

“a bit of offense” — you must be exceedingly polite. :) And sorry your family is having a difficult time. It’s just a season.

Instead of focusing so much on a lack of opportunity, perhaps it’s time to point out that a lot of these people are entitled, lazy, and unskilled. Many of these people are completely useless.

I take a bit of offense to that. My husband has been unemployed for two years. He’s got training in electronics and semi-conductors. Those jobs were all outsourced overseas. He went back to school for HVAC and Air Conditioning. All those jobs that were due to open are being occupied by those who can no longer afford to retire. Now he’s in school again for another trade. He’s not lazy, has skills, but the job just are not there.

Instead of focusing so much on a lack of opportunity, perhaps it’s time to point out that a lot of these people are entitled, lazy, and unskilled. Many of these people are completely useless.

jhffmn on May 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM

Moby! What you up to Moby?

Duuuude, you got to act a little more in the know than that, my brother.

These folks have wised up to the idea of someone coming in and throwing out lines from the people playing Republicans on old episodes of “The West Wing”.

Chill & choom for a bit.

Obamanomics is not working. The mix of economic and regulatory policy of this administration has been toxic to job creation. It’s time for a new direction.

I agree. What makes this especially egregious is the regime trying to hide the reality of the unemployment situation.

There are 89 Million people that are no longer in the workforce.

Obama and the dems do not care one bit about the misery he and they are causing. He said that sometimes her forgets. In reality, he doesn’t think about it at all. In his mind the economy is booming.

http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2012/05/she-works-hard-for-money-but-democrat.html

Oh noes! There must be an exclamation for this!

The War Planner on May 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM

lol

er, stealing it.

Hey, Jay, waddya say?

..uh..er..um..hammina..hammina..hammina..

The labor participation rate for men in prime earning years has been a long slide downward since 1948, but accelerated since 2008. Women have also seen a decline, but not as severe. The mancession is very apparent when you look at the stats (BLS data series LNU01300061).

The mix of economic and regulatory policy of this administration has been toxic to job creation.

Yep…a mighty potent cocktail that has made for one helluva hangover. Half-wits are just as perilous to this country as any other evil.

To our elected officials…
“If your brains were dynamite there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

On the other hand, the 2009 stimulus package went mostly to plugging state budget gaps. This was an investment with a maximum return of zero for the country as a whole. It was simply the return of investment on spending that had already taken place and “benefits” that had already been felt.

stout77 on May 30, 2012 at 9:57 AM

Actually it was a kickback to public sector unions. And, reading in the green room that the NEA has lost 150,000 members in the last two years shows just how ineffectual this kind of “investment” has been.

Joblessness during prime working years worst in 23 years

Here is the actual Washington Post title: “Job recovery is scant for Americans in prime working years.”

Every radical liberal media source keeps the same drumbeat going constantly. The consistently unprecedented record lows are buried in the gibberish. The headline always blares “recovery” this and “recovery” that.

The recovery is always recovering just a little bit slower than we were all told it would last month. And then we’re always told that next month the recovery will be recovering at the pace we were told it would recover last month, and the month before that, and the month before that….

This has been going on for YEARS now. George Orwell was wrong; this kind of mass inodtrination doesn’t require gigantic torture chambers and secret police in every bedroom. Propaganda technology has progressed to the point where liberals can re-write the minds of half the population every few weeks just through repetition alone.

Obamanomics is not working. The mix of economic and regulatory policy of this administration has been toxic to job creation. It’s time for a new direction.

It is deeper than that. But it would require social commentary, then a vigorous defense against weird, incomprehensible attacks for daring to make social commentary when all that matters is tax rates — and I skipped breakfast.

They won’t do that until Romney is sworn in. The day after we’ll start seeing stories about “real” unemployment numbers, food pantries, the homeless, and old people forced to eat dogfood.

RobertE on May 30, 2012 at 10:02 AM

The economic recovery will suddenly stall and reverse?

That would be … unexpected.

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Businesses arent hiring until they know the impact of Obamacare, their tax situation becomes clear, and the real estate market economy starts truly trending up, and real energy solutions are pursued. Long term planning is impossible.

ldbgcoleman on May 30, 2012 at 9:49 AM

How about the proggies’ push for ‘micro-unions’? If I was thinking of starting up a new company, that alone would give me the incentive to lie low for a few months.

If the MSM starts giving proper attention to the employment rate instead of the bogus unemployment rate, the election won’t go well for the One.

They won’t do that until Romney is sworn in. The day after we’ll start seeing stories about “real” unemployment numbers, food pantries, the homeless, and old people forced to eat dogfood.

“Obamanomics is not working. The mix of economic and regulatory policy of this administration has been toxic to job creation. It’s time for a new direction.”

I don’t think I can stand another Krugman article about how Oblabla has not gone far enough and that’s the reason it failed. Maybe in a few years he’ll wake up and realize that it worked exactly as intended, horribly.

smfic on May 30, 2012 at 9:27 AM

He loves to talk about WW2 as the poster-child for government spending, yet he never acknowledges the difference in the way the money was spent. On the one hand, we invested a great deal in ridding the world of Nazis, which turned out to be a pretty good investment. It created an atmosphere in which commerce could be freely conducted. On the other hand, the 2009 stimulus package went mostly to plugging state budget gaps. This was an investment with a maximum return of zero for the country as a whole. It was simply the return of investment on spending that had already taken place and “benefits” that had already been felt. At its core it was a capital injection into previous investments that were already hemorrhaging money. It never had a chance to succeed, but it did put money in the pockets of certain Americans. Unfortunately it was only temporary and it was at the expense of other Americans rather than from any wise investment on Uncle Sam’s part. Krugman is a joke, as the link in my previous post points out.

http://www.fiscalwars.wordpress.com

Either way, the economy is likely to face continued (and new) headwinds for years to come, so don’t look for major improvement in this participation rate any time soon.

Obamanomics is not working. The mix of economic and regulatory policy of this administration has been toxic to job creation. It’s time for a new direction.

This should be Romney’s message in every single speech.