Nobody is talking about quickly, or trying to be “helpful”.
I’m saying that if I lived somewhere where there were no jobs, I had been unemployed for a considerable time, and had no prospects of finding a new job, that I would pick myself up and move somewhere where I could find a job.
Of course, when I first graduated college, I picked myself up and moved to where I could get a job, where the weather wouldn’t be too harsh, where there was little chance of flood, hurricane, or earthquake, and took a job with a company that didn’t pay quite as much but was known for job security.
I had other places I might have rather lived, but you have to make choices in life.
I don’t care if people want to live in a place they can’t get a job. I can only say that I wouldn’t. And say that if you decide to stay where you can’t get a job, you probably won’t get a job.
BTW, I’m guessing that in this current environment, if you can make your monthly rent, you’ll find a place. If you can’t, then I guess where you are living now someone is being cheated out of their rent money? I don’t know. If you have the money to rent in one state, you should be able to rent in another state.
The biggest problem is that often the church and charity no longer have the ability to help families, because we have come to count on government. But government will only help people already living somewhere, which makes it hard to move to where the jobs are.
I have to wonder how old you are. Have you ever lived through a really bad economic situation? The worst I remember was the early 80’s-awful. This one is worse in my opinion. If you have been unemployed for sometime, there is no money to pick yourself up and move especially if you have kids. As for no prospects in certain states, you can not write off entire states and/or regions, it will destroy this country. We could have food riots in this country. You think it can’t happen here? Think again.
If you believe displaced workers can all move South...not possible. Also, many on this board seem to think that only the Mid West and now the North East is in big economic trouble-not so. This entire country is in trouble. You think that the manufacturing job losses won’t affect your job, but it will in the end. Millions of jobs losses beget millions more jobs losses. Millions more default on their credit obligations-millions more jobs lost. People who paid taxes, patronized restaurants, Starbucks, Kohls etc can’t afford to spend now. Millions more jobs lost-police and and fireman, more mortgages, cars and other credit defaults. It’s a vicious cycle and will hurt all American workers. With a global economy-do you really believe different states are completely and island to themselves?
Politician/Wall street expect the unemployment to be above 10 % soon. Jobs will be lost in the Mid West for sure. However, jobs will be lost in Texas,Alabama,Arizona- all regions as well. This is an American problem. It will not be solved easily or quickly.