Summer Jobs Hit Record Low In Summer 2010

USA Today:

Only 47.6% of people ages 16 to 24 had jobs in August, the lowest level since the government began keeping track in 1948, the Labor Department said Friday

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Comments

[PresidentRobertBooth]

03:25 PM on 09/06/2010

I worked at Adventureland this summer.

Fell in love with Kristen Stewart.


It was cool

[enigmamj]

06:11 AM on 09/06/2010

Please don't be alarmed. I know Labor Day is today, but really the summer lasts a couple more weeks. Still plenty of time for this whole Summer of Recovery thing. Not to mention when Summer ends, the wonderful Autumn of Recovery will be upon us.

[Q45]

12:15 AM on 09/06/2010

I don't know what happened to my post for Civilian Unemployment statistics. I had all the information in columns. Now it's all squashed together and difficult to read.
Sorry about that.

[Q45]

12:02 AM on 09/06/2010

In Reagan's first term unemployment rose from 7.5 % at the start of 1981 to more than 8.6% by January 1982.

Nice record for Dems. . .The Democratic Party has a better record on reducing unemployment.

Civilian Unemployment Rate, U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics

period start end chng President Party
Jan 1949 Jan 1953 4.3 2.9 -1.4 Truman Democrat
Jan 1953 Jan 1957 2.9 4.2 +1.3 Eisenhower I Republican
Jan 1957 Jan 1961 4.2 6.6 +2.4 Eisenhower II Republican
Jan 1961 Jan 1965 6.6 4.9 -1.7 JFK/Johnson Democrat
Jan 1965 Jan 1969 4.9 3.4 -1.5 Johnson Democrat
Jan 1969 Jan 1973 3.4 4.9 +1.5 Nixon Republican
Jan 1973 Jan 1977 4.9 7.5 +2.6 Nixon/Ford Republican
Jan 1977 Jan 1981 7.5 7.5 0.0 Carter Democrat
Jan 1981 Jan 1985 7.5 7.3 -0.2 Reagan I Republican
Jan 1985 Jan 1989 7.3 5.4 -1.9 Reagan II Republican
Jan 1989 Jan 1993 5.4 7.3 +1.9 Bush, GHW Republican
Jan 1993 Jan 1997 7.3 5.3 -2.0 Clinton I Democrat
Jan 1997 Jan 2001 5.3 4.2 -1.1 Clinton II Democrat
Jan 2001 Jan 2005 4.2 5.2 +1.0 Bush, GW I Republican
Jan 2005 Aug 2008 5.2 6.1 +0.9 Bush, GW II Republican

[999999]

09:44 PM on 09/05/2010

get ready things aer getting worse and the stimulus is a total failure..

[rocknrollinhoneybadger]

07:17 PM on 09/05/2010

Way to vote for that change college kids. I am glad for one thing though, these kids learned a valuable lesson about voting. Voting based on skin tone or who gives Chris Matthews a tingles up his leg are probably not good reasons to vote for a person.

[Q45]

12:37 AM on 09/06/2010

Yea we already had one valuable lesson when we voted for Bush.

[John Mainstream]

06:06 PM on 09/05/2010

These kids will remember for the rest of their lives never to try the failed Obama/Pelosi economic plan again.

[999999]

09:44 PM on 09/05/2010

blue balls? that's kind of rude isn't it?

[hclinton]

10:52 PM on 09/05/2010

low class lib

[Mikeystyle]

03:30 PM on 09/05/2010

.......and this is all the GOP has to offer.....

Republicans introduce “Kill the economy” plan

Congressional Republicans unveiled a plan on Monday that they said would hurt the nation’s economy, benefit the wealthy at the expense of the middle class and add billions to the national debt.

The move is a continuation of Republican policies during the Bush administration and part of a plan they hope will lead to rising voter dissatisfaction and Republican gains at the ballot box.

“Remember how we racked up huge deficits during the Bush years, gave billions to the wealthy and let the middle class fall behind? Well, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet,” House Minority Leader John Boehner (R- Ohio) said. “We’re going to drive those unemployment and deficit numbers up so high that the American people will be voting Republican until they realize we screwed them over once again.” (continued….)

http://www.thechicagodope.com/2010/08/16/republicans-introduce-%e2%80%9ckill-the-economy-plan%e2%80%9d/

[Plan B Economics]

03:05 PM on 09/05/2010

The government is wasting its opportunity to do anything of value. How much of the stimulus actually went directly to paychecks?

Nobody's looking out for the average person anymore. We must look out for ourselves...financial independence is possible with a little elbow grease.

http://www.planbeconomics.com/wealthcreation

[SiouxSayer]

02:58 PM on 09/05/2010

I've been out of work for over a year. (had to close my small business due to recession) Hundreds of resumes later and still no work. I've lost everything in my life; wife, career, 401k, and soon the car I can't make payments on. I am literally weeks away from having to pack a hobo bundle and start the 2nd half of my life on the streets. I have no future. Is this what I lived, loved and worked so hard for as a guy that 'did everything right'? I am not unique, unfortunately. I even started a blog for people to come and share their recession stories in hopes that together, we can help one another...although my site has gotten many wonderful people there now, I'm not entirely sure I can maintain it while I'm homeless. I hope many of you visit my site and perhaps keep it fresh and topical while I apparently fade away into the ether. I'm 42, decades of experience. I can't get even fast food jobs..what do I do? Some kids are taking split shifts & 2nd jobs that people like me desperately need. Employers know this & exploit wages & benefits to their end.
Tell me, anyone have a job out there for me?..***crickets***....
www.theincomepoop.wordpress.com

[ZiloRS]

01:55 AM on 09/06/2010

Everytime I click your link it says 'Page Not Found'

[SiouxSayer]

09:02 AM on 09/06/2010

You're right. I don't know why it's doing that, ..Hmmmm

Try www.theincomepoop.wordpress.com

[jwoww]

12:53 PM on 09/05/2010

doesnt BO want the young to go out an donate their time for the good of all. why would the need a job that pays you? go join the Obama Youth

[NCAV2]

02:46 PM on 09/05/2010

Or maybe if you read the article and realized that they aren't many jobs for the youth, but then again, you're named after a Jersey Shore character so you probably can't READ.

[martiniandabotoxchaser]

12:02 PM on 09/05/2010

The media is shying away from talking about one of the biggest abusers of youth labor...themselves. In today's market youth need internships to get a future job. Some pay, most don't. If you comb Craigslist during the late spring and early summer you will find tons of ads from media organizations that offer internships without pay at the most prestigious media organizations....some say you must accept college credit. This is a joke as most top colleges will not accept the credit because the experiences are often nothing more than coffee gophers and filers. Those who do accept the credit will do this only once. It makes it hard for students to earn the money they need for school and get the experience they need for their future. Many media organizations have not be hiring because they have a constant stream of free labor....as they control coverage of this story it remains their dirty little secret.

[wikwox]

11:48 AM on 09/05/2010

It's true, theres not even "welcome to Walmart!" jobs out there. Hope you enjoy your new third world status America, the billionaires sure are.

[bannorhill]

09:41 AM on 09/05/2010

The summer of recovery.....

[Peter007]

09:39 AM on 09/05/2010

Rahm Emanuel..

""Never let a serious crisis go to waste."

Using the crisis to get "pork barrel" money to the democratic constituents was a plan that succeeded.
The Democrats were hoping that this economic recession would end on it's own as most business cycles do, and no one would notice the big checks being written to the special interest groups.

It was a 50/ 50 shot. If the recession ended, the democrats would claim that their policies worked. If it didn't end, well at least they got their share of the pie before anyone else did.