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Old 01-08-2012, 08:04 AM
 
Location: Too far from home.
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'Ya mean I have to work AND not get paid?'
Yeah, all those kids are just good for nothing, shiftless, lazy, cretins who have no desire to do anything. They would rather laze around all day doing nothing than take the experience they could get under an internship. Besides they are probably close to being or are high school dropouts. Obama should really not waste his time trying to do anything for that lot.
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Old 01-08-2012, 08:23 AM
 
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Good idea. While he's at it, he should create jobs for everybody else also.
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Old 01-08-2012, 08:31 AM
 
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Where does the money for their paychecks come from? I'm fine with jobs but it also depends on if these are jobs for Obama's beloved illegals or for American kids. And as long as the money to pay them isn't money taken away from taxpayers, then I'm okay with it.
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Old 01-08-2012, 08:34 AM
 
Location: 20 years from now
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Whatever gets them off the welfare roles
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Old 01-08-2012, 08:34 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Where does the money for their paychecks come from? I'm fine with jobs but it also depends on if these are jobs for Obama's beloved illegals or for American kids. And as long as the money to pay them isn't money taken away from taxpayers, then I'm okay with it.
110K of these 180K "jobs" are non-paying.
Only 70K will provide a paycheck.

Well plenty of companies won't have to worry about min wage issues because they will have workers for NO WAGE.
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Old 01-08-2012, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Whatever gets them off the welfare roles
Teens are not on welfare, their parents are and this does not effect their parent's welfare/food stamp/entitlement eligibility.
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Old 01-08-2012, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Too far from home.
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Whatever gets them off the welfare roles
If half the kids got something out of this program that served as an incentive or a motivation to do better, they could be the link to break the welfare-lifestyle chain. The only "office" these kids is the welfare office when mommy has to go down there.

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Teens are not on welfare, their parents are and this does not effect their parent's welfare/food stamp/entitlement eligibility.
No, but they are certainly in line for it. And so it will go if something isn't done for them. Or would you rather they stay in line??
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Old 01-08-2012, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Sarasota FL
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I had first hand experience with previous administrations and their 'jobs for low income youths' programs. It was 'create something, make work, do nothing, sit around for hours, play time'. An absolute and total waste of tax payer money.
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