<p>^Seriously. Take an economics class and then come back.</p>
<p>You’re even just flat-out ignoring the fact that the market can rarely self-correct. In a truly capitalistic society, maybe. But we’re not truly capitalistic.</p>
<p>lol @ the pretentious UVA student. You are doing nothing to help the stereotype.</p>
<p>What do you think you can do with an internship that makes $17/hour if you aren’t in college?</p>
<p>Presumably, when you are beyond the college first-year stage, there will be more exciting opportunities accessible.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with many others who have posted before me. You ignorance irks me.</p>
<p>Are you oblivious to the hundreds of thousands of job cuts each month? Do you even know many unemployed people? It’s rather rediculous that you would stereotype an entire group as contently unemployed. You really have nothing to base your statements on. </p>
<p>Furthermore, I think you are just flatout confused. First you say that there isn’t really a recession, and that there are a sufficient number of jobs. Then you go on to say that there are job cuts being made to correct market inefficiencies. Which is it?</p>
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<p>My mother used to be one? I used to be one? Family members used to be some?</p>
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<p>Both?</p>
<p>Jobs are cut, but jobs are also being created. Without government protectionism. Aka, reallocation.</p>
<p>sorry, but you are so delusional. </p>
<p>wow. WOW</p>
<p>There’s no recession? Tell that to all the people who got laid off at GM and CAT and UTMB and all the other companies that are suffering right now. If it doesn’t feel like a recession to you, then be glad that you/your family has enough money to make it through these times.</p>
<p>Obviously there is a recession.</p>
<p>But you realise that despair ==> leads to self-fulfilling prophecies. Positive feedback loop. In the wrong direction.</p>
<p>Part of the general problem, other than lack of determination, is being tied down to one state or area. Today’s global workers should be mobile.</p>
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<p>The companies aren’t “suffering”. It’s simply market correction. Some of their products have simply become irrelevant. Maybe we don’t need new SUVs, or other fossil-fuel guzzling monsters. Demand for new automobiles has fallen, and that’s not a bad thing. That means the workers should move on to other, more economically-efficient positions. To try to inhibit the market correction by pumping government money into the faltering companies is to exacerbate the inefficiency.</p>
<p>If my mother was fired from her defense industry job, I wouldn’t necessarily see it as a tragedy – perhaps the country spends too much on the defense budget anyway and it’s time to use her skills in a position that will contribute more to society.</p>
<p>Great, you know five freakin’ people out of the millions that are unemployed. Are they all fat too? I guess we could say that all of the unemployed ar obese as well! See how rediculous that it?</p>
<p>“Jobs are cut, but jobs are also being created. Without government protectionism. Aka, reallocation.”</p>
<p>You stupidity is really getting my blood boiling… The job cuts being made FAR outwieght the jobs being created. Actually, there really aren’t jobs being created at all.</p>
<p>All that being said, I am a free market capitalist, as you are (I think?). The difference is that you have no idea what you are talking about…</p>
<p>How are you a ron paul supporter?</p>
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<p>Just because a company isn’t officially offering a position doesn’t mean there’s no job available. See: entrepreneurship. See: making inquiries/cold-calling.</p>
<p>Yeah…I’d like to know what these jobs that are being created are. Where the heck are you getting this stuff?</p>
<p>Not to mention that you haven’t even bothered to mention how the housing/sub prime lending debacle played into all of this.</p>
<p>Entrepreneurship? Who is going to start a business in this economy when no one is spending?</p>
<p>The fact is, whether it’s publicized or not, there are too many workers for not enough openings.</p>
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<p>The new niches that emerge after the irrelevant ones pass.
Some of them are being inhibited by protectionism.</p>
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<p>The whole American hype over home ownership ==> artificially-elevated prices</p>
<p>Are you trying to make yourself seem arrogant and ignorant at the same time? You’re doing a good job of it.</p>
<p>You obviously have done very little research on this subject, because home prices are dwindling at the moment because no one can sell. Those who can afford to buy a home are experiencing some of the best prices in recent times.</p>
<p>Seriously, take some time to do some research.</p>
<p>LOL. So since you’ve decided your mom was unemployed because you think she didn’t look hard enough, everyone who’s unemployed must be a lazy idiot? Oh man, what an innovative thing, this job-hunting concept! I’m so glad a pretentious college freshman has seen the light and shared this revelation!</p>
<p>Being in a recession doesn’t mean there are no jobs anywhere and no one is hired ever again. It’s awfully nice that there’s stuff listed on craigslist in your area, but the raw number of job postings is barely relevant to someone’s likelihood of actually getting hired. You can’t tell from glancing at the listings whether 10 or 1,000 people have applied for something–more people getting fired = more people competing for the same meager job openings = you’re an idiot. There are plenty of people who’ve gone well beyond “92 Firefox tabs” with no job in sight. Please resist the urge to act like you’ve figured out the entire universe until after the real world has made you choke on your startling naivete and ignorance.</p>
<p>^Extremely well-said and will no doubt result in a flame war. :)</p>
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<p>Workers aren’t slaves to their employers. If there’s no opening, create one. If others won’t offer you a job, band together with other workers and form opportunities to create your own.</p>
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<p>Many people. It’s called “economic niche” and the creation of economic profit.</p>
<p>Of course, it gets kind of hard to go into one if protectionist policies inhibit your investment in what would be emerging areas.</p>
<p>There are never too many workers. Deduce this logically. Each worker represents productivity, human output, someone capable of producing something. It’s a case of: what’s the best way in which to allocate them?</p>
<p>There are always too many jobs to be done. Deduce this logically. Human want is infinite. It’s a case of: what’s the best way in which to fulfill them? (And in which order?)</p>
<p>How are these entreprenuers going to get a loan?</p>