And they didn't leave and find a better job before this crisis because???
Likely...uneducated assembly line workers...and there's nothing wrong with that...you just have to come to terms with that.
Because there's no penalty for being unemployed. Check it out... 99 weeks of unemployment checks, EBT cards, Obamacare, Obamaphones...
Can't touch this... it's Hammock Time!
“The dude said he’d rather draw unemployment than work for more money ?????”
Welcome to Obama’s America. The Bible says there are no tears in Heaven. Still... What must our Christian forefathers be thinking to see what their country has become?
Here’s the other thing. To keep thier health care it will have to be COBRA and you have to pay a pretty good lick to keep it in force.
These people are not thinking things through at all.
Back in the early 90’s I would tell teenagers that if they can’t say one of the following, they will not be able to own their own home as adults:
1. I own my own business.
2. I’m a salesperson
3. You can’t take someone off the street and teach them my job in a few weeks.
And the first two are no guarantee.
These guys can say none of those things. Unless they live in large cities with diverse economies, once their unemployment runs out they are absolutely screwed. There will be no opportunities unless they educate themselves. The days of working an unskilled job for good money are done.
And it’s not just the death of unions that is doing it. It is the simple fact that the world has rebuilt itself since WWII and is not competing with us. Why should an american doing an unskilled job make ten times as much as a guy in the Sudan doing the exact same thing?
The reason I moved from computer programming to communication intensive business analysis and project management at the turn of the century is because I saw the writing on the wall regarding outsourcing of technical jobs. It’s paid big dividends.