[SBeck]

Doesn't matter, she has the right attitude, she wants to work, she is taking a course to help her and she wants to be independent. You ask, "where's the father" in a way that says, "where was her personal responsibility when she made an error of judgement?" Well, the same question could be asked of the upper-middle class teenage cheerleader from an affluent area who has her parents income to bail her out. (Incidentally, her father is a retired O-6 and the mother is a prominent member of church and community).

So before you start pointing fingers please remember compassionate conservatism.

[lonestar]

Well, the same question could be asked of the upper-middle class teenage cheerleader from an affluent area who has her parents income to bail her out.

And today, she will have a baby shower! Thirty years ago they would have been embarrassed --and should be today.

The sad thing is, regardless of money, when a young girl gets pregnant, the carefree, fun years are gone.

[sarcasm]

I never claimed to be a compassionate conservative.

[mountaineer]

she wants to work

Doesn't look like it to me. It seems what she wants is to be paid a very large amount of money despite her lack of marketable skills. She wants a job to pay enough to maintain the standard of living to which she aspires, while covering all her child care expenses, but she lacks a college degree or specialized training. Oh yes, and a BMW would be nice, too.

[PoorRider]

I agree to a point. For one thing, at least she HAD her baby and did not abort it. But I also believe a lot of the poor, uneducated people without jobs expect too much. Not this woman, per se, but many expect continual "hand outs"...which raises my taxes, and yours.

The title of this article: "Joblessness hits the poorly educated hardest by far" is so pathetically obvious that it is hardly news. The solution is education, not hand outs.

[RGSpincich]

She is 19, and simply wants work as a receptionist or office assistant to support herself and her year-old daughter.

This job seeker has not learned the first thing about finding employment. There is nothing "simple" about the work she seeks. Perhaps her attitude is her biggest liability.