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The Unemployment Rate for Young People Is 13.6 Percent. Individuals aged 16-24 have an unemployment rate that is more than…
Read More (Reason #28: The Unemployment Rate for Young People Is 13.6 Percent)Economic Conditions of Today’s Youth Brand Them a “Lost Generation.” Years after the recession officially ended, many young high school…
Read More (Reason #27: Economic Conditions of Today’s Youth Brand Them a “Lost Generation”)Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Create Construction Jobs Like They Promised. In January 2009, the Administration promised their stimulus would…
Read More (Reason #26: Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Create Construction Jobs Like They Promised)Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Create Manufacturing Jobs Like They Promised. In January 2009, the Administration promised their stimulus would…
Read More (Reason #25: Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Create Manufacturing Jobs Like They Promised)Most Job Growth during the “Recovery” in Lower-Wage Occupations. The mid- and high-wage jobs lost during the recession were replaced…
Read More (Reason #24: Most Job Growth during the “Recovery” in Lower-Wage Occupations)Near Record Numbers of Poor Children. The number of children living in poverty is near record levels, which were first…
Read More (Reason #23: Near Record Numbers of Poor Children)Record Numbers Living in Poverty. In 2012 (the most recent data), a record 46.5 million Americans were living in poverty….
Read More (Reason #22: Record Numbers Living in Poverty)Involuntary Part-Time Employment Remains Nearly Double Pre-Recession Levels. The number of part-time workers who would prefer to work full-time has…
Read More (Reason #21: Involuntary Part-Time Employment Remains Nearly Double Pre-Recession Levels)Median Household Income Is Down $2,000 during the “Recovery.” As of May 2014, U.S. median household income is down by…
Read More (Reason #20: Median Household Income Is Down $2,000 during the “Recovery”)Record Numbers Are Working Temp Jobs. Today nearly 3 million American workers are in temporary positions. Source: U.S. Department of…
Read More (Reason #19: Record Numbers Are Working Temp Jobs)