[fieldmarshaldj]

"The Bush administration, committed to a war with Iraq and obsessed with tax cuts for the wealthy, has no interest in these youngsters."

...and then he had to throw in this class-warfare bilge cheap shot at the President. Hey, Bob, socialism doesn't work ! Did your boy Clinton do a damn thing about solving any problems, either ?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The Democratic leadership will tell these 5.5 million uneducated Americans, that it is the fault of the wealthy and conservatives that they are where they are.

[Moonmad27]

Looking at this article, it seems like the problems of the black men started two years ago as soon as GWB stepped into the White House - since it says that the recession caused their downward spiral. Never mind about the past few decades and all the Dems' "help".

[SSN558]

"Education and career decisions made during the late teens and early 20's are crucial to the lifetime employment and earnings prospects of an individual. Those who do not do well during this period seldom catch up to the rest of the population."

This is a result of the service economy where fewer and fewer can earn a decent living in their early years. You can't pay for a college education flipping hamburgers when the cost of tutition is more than your annual salary. Today students take out education loans and due not begin to see a profit on their sacrifices and efforts for a decade or better. The elites in their infinte wisdom have taken away the incentive for millions of Americans to drive for success, with globalization, the service economy, taxes, and other nonsense.

I never took out an eduction loan because I could sock away $20 grand at a summer manufacturing job. These kinds of opportunities do not exist today. The inner cities have become cesspools of, "Dope for Hope."

[waterstraat]

Plus, the H1-B visa program is expanding, not contracting.

Even more foreigners are brought in each week under the H1-B visa program because there is such a shortage of americans people wanting a job.

[machman]

I've always heard that the Army is looking for a few good men/women. These people may be good candidates. Maybe bootcamp would do them some good.

But seriously, times have always been tough for young, inexperienced people. Alot of these morons have little education, have never tried to get much of one, have no experience, probably are rude, have poor social skills, and they want somebody to give them a job? This economy is nothing like it was in 80-83, and certainly not like the depression. I got out of undergrad in 83, and my friends that graduated the year before, almost nobody could find a job (granted we were at a small midwestern liberal arts college, but a decent one). By the next year, things were not that much better. My Dad talked my into going and getting an MBA straight from undergrad, and by 85 things were soooo much better. But still, I just wanted a job, I still had no experience to speak of, unlike most of my fellow MBA students. I seriously considered joining the Navy, as they were recruiting on campus for their logistics program, and had a group of officers they were putting through my MBA program. I eventually got a job with the state, and used that experience to move in in a couple of years into what I wanted to do.

[Fintan]

...and then he had to throw in this class-warfare bilge cheap shot...
 

C'mon now, it's the NY Times...you didn't really think this potential Pulitzer Prize-winning pap was about the plight of disaffected, young and hopeless products of eight years of the Clinton regime, did you????