07-28-2011, 06:46 AM
Quote:Maybe some of them are victims but in most cases there is a series of poor decisions made over time.
Is that true? I don't know. If those people had minimum wage jobs in our "right to work" state then they would have been banging home around $7.31 per hour. Most likely they were part time employees since employers didn't want to pay them benefits like health care, vacation pay etc...so figure 30 hours at $7.31 an hour equals $219.30 per week before taxes. So after taxes maybe $200 per week.
Are there a lot of options for people who make $200 a week? I don't know. Are their a lot of options for people who make $200 a week, then get layed off? I don't know the answer to that either.
Now the unemployment rate was low single digits a few years back, so these same people will and want to work.....but there currently are not enough jobs to go around.
I don't know ...just saying.
Excelsior - BS Business 2008
Son #1 TESC BSBA Computer Information Systems completed June 2010
Son #2 TESC BA Computer Science completed November 2010 Currently in Florida State (FSU) Masters CS program and loving it
Son #1 TESC BSBA Computer Information Systems completed June 2010
Son #2 TESC BA Computer Science completed November 2010 Currently in Florida State (FSU) Masters CS program and loving it