Most of the chronically unemployed are unemployable. What "good jobs" are available for those who are warehoused in government schools in the inner cities? A high percentage of these "students" are functionally illiterate, and can't do even basic mathematics. Is Obama going to employ some sort of magical affirmative action to turn these societal dropouts into nuclear physicists or brain surgeons?
There is a world economy out there now. The few remaining old-line manufacturing jobs are being outsourced on a daily basis. General Motors can no longer afford to pay $60,000 a year salaries for semi-skilled labor, complete with medical benefits and a generous pension. That work is now being done by robots, or by workers in third-world countries at a fraction of the cost. The only way to a good job is to get a good education, a link that is ignored by liberal politicians like Obama.
When the kid at the local KFC stares at the coins you handed him and struggles to count you know there’s a problem.