Men More Likely to Lose Their Jobs Than Women
By Michael Barone, Thomas Jefferson Street blog
An old conservative joke: A headline in New York Times reads, "New York destroyed by nuclear bomb." Subhead: "Women, Minorities Hardest Hit." But in this recession men are more likely than women to become unemployed. Why? In past inventory-glut recessions we would have said because men are more likely to work in factories which are closed down. In this financial-solvency recession, one reason is that government and health care payrolls are the only ones increasing, and women are heavily represented in those fields. Pollster Scott Rasmussen sometimes shows the response to questions by private sector and public sector workers. I think it would be interesting to know how private sector men, public sector men, private sector women and public sector women respond.
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young people today
young people today want a college degree, graduate, earn a 6 figure salary, do not want to start @ the bottom. they want a lg house, 2 cars, vacations,,immediately. what it tk us 25 yrs to acquire. they apply for 40 & 50 yr mortgages..while me & my parents always had a 20 yr mortgage ! we sacrificed because we knew we had to save for a "rainy day" an expression from the 1930 depression.now we're in a downpour...how can people live w/credit card debt? how can they sleep @ night? possessions do not bring happiness..people feel a void in their lives & need to keep up w/the Joneses...
young people today
young people today want a college degree, graduate, earn a 6 figure salary, do not want to start @ the bottom. they want a lg house, 2 cars, vacations,,immediately. what it tk us 25 yrs to acquire. they apply for 40 & 50 yr mortgages..while me & my parents always had a 20 yr mortgage ! we sacrificed because we knew we had to save for a "rainy day" an expression from the 1930 depression.now we're in a downpour...how can people live w/credit card debt? how can they sleep @ night? possessions do not bring happiness..people feel a void in their lives & need to keep up w/the Joneses...
jobs
there are many part time jobs..just work part time 24/7 , we need to feed our families, we may not like them but better days are coming..I stock super mkt shelves in muddle of night on wk/ends..# 3 of my 4 part time jobs, until smthing better comes alone ! have faith America !
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