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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Many of Obama’s young supporters now unemployed, living with parents

from Wintery Knight 


Many of Obama’s young supporters now unemployed, living with parents:

From Bloomberg News.
Excerpt:
As of May, 41 percent of the nation’s net decline in full- time jobs from four years earlier was among under-25-year-olds, an age group that represents just 14 percent of the workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Under-35-year-olds account for 65 percent of the decline in full-time employment, though they comprise only 35 percent of the labor force.
Even among young people who have full-time work, real wages have dropped, while older workers’ pay has kept even or slightly improved. 
Note that Romney’s support among young people is DOWN to 29 from McCain’s level of 32. DOWN.
What amazes me is that the support is still so high for Obama. But [...]
Keynesian depressions are depressing.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

you can't blame everything on the president. there is a thing called checks and balances.