There are a couple of problems with the CURRENT economic situation. If hundreds of people are applying for the same job, the applicants without a formal education will go into the trash pile without a second consideration.
Here, to drive a truck, a CDL is required, additional education. And, in the instance of my son, they require the person to be 21. So he wouldn’t qualify for that job.
In the case of the person the article is about, is he close to a mining operation? Does he have transportation to get to the job. If you play out the whole situation, liberals have these inner city kiddos trained to rely on public transportation and make car ownership so outrageously expensive, the person starting out probably can’t afford a used car.
Now, the other day I was watching a truck driver on the road where they were doing road construction just sitting. I was thinking that would be sweet, no real responsibilities. While I am sitting there, I can have wireless connection and go to school online.
Did people in the Depression piss and whine about there being no jobs where they were? Yes, some of them.
Many of them got up and went where the jobs were, however.
These kids need to get up off their plush posteriors, put one foot in front of the other and get while the going is good.