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I worked at Barnes & Noble last year - most of the kids were some of the most hard-working kids I’ve ever met. Most of them were self-educated, working-class kids (with a love of books and media) and they were GREAT. Many young Americans are hard-working and very polite. I much prefer them to our seniors who seem to think we owe them a...discount.
I've got a friend in the furnace repair business. Even though he's getting up in years, he still works alone. No helpers or apprentices. I once asked him why that was so.
His answer? You guessed it. He couldn't find any young person who wasn't lazy, high, entitled, and tattoo'd up.
It has nothing to do with that and everything to do with legal and illegal immigration.
Most teenagers today do not have tattoos or piercings or use drugs. That’s minority that has been around for decades now. Just as many teens fell into that category in 2000, when the teen employment rate was almost twice as high.
According to available data, way fewer teens use drugs today than in the late 70’s era when Obama was was pothead. They didn’t have trouble getting jobs then if they wanted one.