Showing posts with label Youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Youth. Show all posts

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Video: Generation Identitaire - "A Declaration of War" - From the Youth of France

I don't know what to make of this video, but it has over 100,000 views on YouTube since October 6, 2012. It seems some French youth are fed up with multiculturalism and ready for revolution...


Saturday, May 26, 2012

McJobless: Employed high schoolers at 20 year low


Thanks, President Obama.

Via The Washington Times:
Did somebody say McJobless?

The American job market is no place for students as the number of employed high schoolers has hit its lowest level in more than 20 years, according to new figures from the National Center for Education Statistics.

In 1990, 32 percent of high school students held jobs, versus just 16 percent now. Blame their elders.

Sectors that traditionally have offered teens their first paying gig — fast-food chains, movie theaters, malls and big-box retailers — have now become the last resorts for out-of-work college graduates or older Americans forced back into the labor force out of sheer financial necessity. The resulting squeeze has left students on the outside looking in. Keep on reading...

Friday, December 30, 2011

Obamanomics: Only 55.3 percent of Americans between 16 and 29 have jobs




Unemployment wasn't the change young people were hoping for.
(CNN) — In 2008, the youth vote helped sweep Barack Obama into office. Americans 18-29 spread the word on social media, energized fundraising and went to the polls.
In 2012, the youth vote is moving on and throwing those omnipresent “Hope” bumper stickers and t-shirts in garbage bins.
Not because of apathy. Not because another candidate generates more enthusiasm. Not because of his character. Not because they think voting is pointless. The 18-29 vote is up for grabs in 2012 because youth can’t afford cars to put bumper stickers on and those t-shirts are worn out from too many days sitting on the couch unemployed.
The sobering reality: just 55.3 percent of Americans between 16 and 29 have jobs. And earlier this year, Americans’ student loan debt surpassed credit card debt for the first time ever.
Read more here…