Poor job prospect for teens has long-lasting implications
Lewis DiuguidDon’t shrug off the high unemployment rate for teens and young adults.
A story on the front page of The Kansas City Star today shows that getting a job for people ages 18 and 19 has rarely been more difficult. This trend of high unemployment for young people has gone on for years.
Those who were teens 10 years ago are now young adults. Teens have been fighting for jobs traditionally set aside for them, but those positions have been going to older workers who had been bounced out of other work.
The May unemployment rate for this age group reached 23.5 percent, which is nearly three times the national average for the rest of the population. It is even higher for teens of color.
What’s troubling about this drawn-out trend is it is robbing a generation of young people of an accumulated work history. It also will affect those companies that might eventually hire these folks as young adults because they will not have had on-the-job training of the dos and don’ts in the workplace.
In addition, Social Security loses income because fewer people are working to pay into the retirement fund. In the end, we’ll all pay for the young people’s joblessness in higher turnover, poorer service and a more depleted Social Security.
George Hunsucker
Northland
11 months, 3 weeks agoearth to lewis #16….
This is another one of your self-serving columns…. You libs pass minimum wage laws where the unskilled cannot produce what they are paid and then bemoan the FACT that people will not hire them to take an economic loss… when will you people ever learn?
Couple this with urban school districts, such as our beloved kcmsd, not educating and “graduating” uprepared young adults and you have unskilled, unemployable young people.
When you decide to implode the kcmsd and do away with minimum wage laws get back with me lewis. In the meantime, we are reaping what you libs have sown…
George Hunsucker
Northland
11 months, 3 weeks agoditto Kay… at least we will not let the libs get by with their incessant male bovine excrement..
I just decided to keep a count on the number of columns of lewis’ that I think are totally off-the-mark….
my blood pressure is 105-70 or so everytime I give blood…. blessed with good health!!!
Mark Hastert
11 months, 3 weeks ago“When you decide to implode the kcmsd and do away with minimum wage laws get back with me lewis”
Read more here: http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/poor-jobs-prospects-teens-has-long-lasting-implications/#storylink=cpy
This from a guy on the dole. We know, George that you do not live in Kansas City, work in Kansas City (or anywhere else for that matter), and are probably afraid leave your suburban safe house. There are schools, public and charter in Kansas City that are the equal of any in Blue Valley, Park Hill, or Lee’s Summit. Get back to us when you know what you’re talking about.
George Hunsucker
Northland
11 months, 3 weeks agopoor mark… he hates old people… his parents are sooooooooooooooooooooo proud of him I bet…..
I wonder if ole mark could be a bureaucrat????
Mark Hastert
11 months, 3 weeks agoSorry ole’ guy wrong again.I don’t hate old people,I hope to be one someday for a very long time. I do dislike whiners cashing my checks and complaining about it. It should be noted that you are not disputing my assertion that a.you are full of beans, b. on the dole, and c. a fraidy cat .
I’m happy to bring a little sunshine into your life. We both know that I am the highlight of your day. Mrs George has, no doubt, been listening to your rants for 45 or 50 years and is probably happy and relieved to let you sit in front of your computer and let you annoy someone else for a change. Your neighbors probably aren’t speaking to you and you have no colleagues to pester so I’m happy to bring fulfillment to your day. Now, if you’d only do a little reading and make informed arguments then I could get a little something out of this relationship too!!!! In the mean time, since you’re in such good health, go stand on a rubber mat at Wal-mart, meet people.
George Hunsucker
Northland
11 months, 3 weeks agoI have no interest in establishing a relationship with a hater of your type…
I will not respond to any more of your hate filled rants….
Mark Hastert
11 months, 3 weeks agoAw George you know you like our little back & forth. There’s no gratification to be had from the likes of Chuck or Kay. They’re just the Peanut Gallery. And I don’t hate you Georgie, I just think you and the others are gas bags. Your rants toward us “smart libs” (your words, not mine) must be very therapeutic for you but not very well informed.
It’s you conservatives ought to be worried about the election. Either way there is going to be a Democrat in the White House.