The percentage of working-age Californians with jobs has fallen to a record low, and employment may not return to pre-recession levels until the second half of the decade, according to a research group.
Just 55.4 percent of working-age Californians, defined as those 16 or older, had a job in July, down from 56.2 percent a year earlier and the lowest level since 1976, the Sacramento- based California Budget Project said in a report released late yesterday.
Y’know, there’s one thing that [i]really BUGS me,[/i] and it’s this: When people apply for work, how in the world are they going to have even a ghost of a chance at a job if they don’t have experience? And how are they supposed to [i]get[/i] experience [i]if they can’t get hired IN THE FIRST PLACE?[/i]
I haven’t seen a [i]thing[/i] from any employer which explains how, in all good conscience, they can refuse job applicants a chance to work [i]if they’re not willing to give that person a chance[/i] to get that experience? Don’t we all have to start [i]somewhere?[/i] That employer had to start somewhere, so why not give others the same chance?
And yet a Fox poll out this morning says if the election were held today 55+% of Califormians would vote for Obama. I think that definitely proves something about the majority of Californians (not you cennydd).
If I were the Democratic leadership here in California, I wouldn’t count too much on Obama’s chances of reelection.
I used to be a republican. I no longer am. I’m independent now. Looking at the legislature in California and the House actions in Washington and the republican candidates so far, I don’t see a republican I could vote for. The next election is a ways off yet. We’ll see won’t we.
Our present Democratic Congressman here in the San Joaquin Valley isn’t exactly looking out for our interests, either, and he’s very unpopular in Merced County, where my wife and I live. He’s been all talk and no action, and the Tea Party has him squarely in their sights. Neither political party is popular here.