Should say “white men.” My 34 to SIL can’t find a job. Everywhere he applies the companies loudly proclaim “minorities and women encouraged to apply!”
You are absolutely correct.
Sure, there are those who just won’t work and a larger number who after a number of years of looking become discouraged and give up, but a large majority are still actively looking. Too many employers still will give preference to gender and minority status as well as H1Bs and illegals. I know plenty of young, capable guys who only work at labor or craftsman positions sporadically because illegals are hired before them or are hired to take their places.
The age range is more accurately between 18 and 65. Yep, there are many of us old folks (I’m 69) still working full time and part time because recovering from the economy of the fascist Kenyan is a slow process. Add to that, they don’t want anyone over 50 and will still gravitate toward illegals and H1Bs, cheap foreign labor.
Yes, Trump has done a tremendous job at moving the economy into historic levels, but they never report what percentage of those new jobs go to non-citizens.
Retrain? Try to be a single white guy wanting to retrain. No money? Too bad, and if the govt. does offer retraining it is in a field that still goes mostly to non-citizens. Do you have a true, documented disability? Good luck again gaining a disability anytime soon. Same goes for medical help for emergency treatment. They will hound the single guy for payment but they don’t go after single mothers or illegals with the same zeal. Moving to another city to get a job is a huge problem; if have no money, you’re stuck in place.
I know, deal with, work with, and work in educating single guys in this situation. There are many who want to work but they end up sucking hind tit.
They’re not lazy or without training or talents, but the war on boys, and men has gone on for a long time now and the other side has won.
Enough of the generalizing about they all are lazy and don’t want to work. If you accept/hire non-citizens over citizens as an employer then you are a big part of the problem.