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Every dog that has ever been bitten always looks for a weaker dog to bite.
Creating a permenant underclass is a way of keeping lower paid workers from forming unions because they could be fired and involuntairly join the underclass. Providing these "summer jobs" keeps the underclass fed and gives them the false hope that there really is an opportunity for better things. The folks that already have the better things want to keep the competition down.
For all those on this thread that are so quick to label the recipients of this program as 'thugs' and 'deadbeats', maybe you should consider the advantages that the standard of living and family you were born into conferred on you, and that it might have been a significant factor in your success...
Maybe you should volunteer sometime at a local homeless shelter or soup kitchen (as I have), and sit down and talk with some of the people there. The stories you will hear are no where to be seen in suburbia... Some of these people were raped and beaten on a regular basis by fathers, stepfathers or boyfriends. Some grew up with drug-addicted parents - who only cared about their next fix. Some grew up with such physical and mental abuse that you cannot believe that it really goes on in this country - but it does. So, many turn to gangs or violence as a means of being protected and having a home...
The program in the OP that you so coldly dismiss is a lifeline to some who can be saved from the ravages of poverty and broken homes...
Would you rather see these people become murders and gang-bangers, or productive members of society???
That's really the only question that makes sense.
You're assuming this temp summer job will turn the lifes around for these troubled kids.
In that sense, then, maybe the kids that are doing everything right but cant get a job will turn to criminals.
Uhhh...there's only so many jobs. If $1.2mil worth of the jobs are going towards this program that's just that many less jobs for rest of the public.
These are jobs for disadvantaged people who dont have skills. If better-advantaged people want to work for the government there are plenty of jobs available. They dont have to be jealous of these.
These are jobs for disadvantaged people who dont have skills. If better-advantaged people want to work for the government there are plenty of jobs available. They dont have to be jealous of these.
Really? There's about 7mil or more people in the last year that would be glad to hear that.
Every dog that has ever been bitten always looks for a weaker dog to bite.
Creating a permenant underclass is a way of keeping lower paid workers from forming unions because they could be fired and involuntairly join the underclass. Providing these "summer jobs" keeps the underclass fed and gives them the false hope that there really is an opportunity for better things. The folks that already have the better things want to keep the competition down.
Disagree, GregW, except for your last sentence. This is a kind of stimulus program; it's a low-challenge opportunity they wouldnt have had otherwise; they can take it or leave it; if they take it they can make of it what they will.
You're assuming this temp summer job will turn the lifes around for these troubled kids.
In that sense, then, maybe the kids that are doing everything right but cant get a job will turn to criminals.
Sometimes it happens exactly that way. I've seen it. I've seen a 3rd generation gang member who was almost out of chances turn completely around because some adults at the place he got a dishwashing job treated him like he was worth something. He's a lawyer now.
These are jobs for disadvantaged people who dont have skills. If better-advantaged people want to work for the government there are plenty of jobs available. They dont have to be jealous of these.
That's only one criterion.
You seem to have left off the part about being in the court system? Pregnant? Ran away? Bad grades?
I can understand helping out the homeless or runaways. But why reward bad grades? Why reward criminals?
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