Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate everyones viewpoints. I grew up outside Louisville, Ky and one thing has changed. Many of the guys and gals I went to highschool with went to Louisville for factory jobs, at Ford, GE, Harvestor, Dupont, The GOVT. bag plant, Jeff Boat,Speeds,Brown-Forman and many other factories. Those were good paying jobs with stability and benefits, a retirement plan, etc. Same for the few grads that migrated north to Indy to work.
50 years later, many of those factories are now gone, plants closed. Those remaining are a shadow. GE from 20,000..now down to 5,000. It is easy for an old retiree like me to say..."Get a Job"...harder for me to say "Where". Unemployemant in the USA went from 4% to 10% in 6 short months. I don't honestly think 6% of the workforce became bums overnight. It is a very complex challenge, and I think the 20-something-kids face a very difficult, and different future than we did.
Just my opinion..and what a great country..where I am allowed to have one
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