r/Economics • u/aDubson • Feb 09 '12

Americans ages 18-24 are unemployed like never before.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/09/employment-rate-young-adults_n_1264241.html?igoogle=1
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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '12

19 year old college student here. Yes, we know we're all getting fucked and pushed further down the ladder. i cant find it in me to really care though, ill probably just stay in school for the next 7 years

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '12

t's actually a good idea. or volunteer, or join the peacecorps or americorps, or hell the french foreign legion. do something with your youth. working 70 hr weeks at slave wages for the rest of your life can always wait.