Question....Dems Priorities?

SS109 wrote:

Scruffy wrote:

JusSayin wrote:

archer wrote: This drive to convert America to a two class, rich/poor, society has got to end.

Then I suggest the lazy majority with their hands extended for that welfare or unemployment check better get off their asses and prop up the middle class.

Do you really think that the majority of Americans are lazy and on unemployment?

Nope, but I am betting 30-40% currently on unemployment have given up. Losing benefits will get them motivated again. The threat of losing benefits might get them moving to states with better economies.

An assessment of who's on Long term Unemployment and factors of why. It's not so cut and dry as "they're being lazy and just collecting unemployment" or "have given up".
The high LTU share is in part due to anemic employment growth that has been, on average, positive so far in 2010 but far too weak (averaging 68,000 jobs per month) to effectively chip away at overall unemployment or LTU. If ...unemployed workers with more means, such as the ability to collect unemployment insurance, tap into savings, and access credit, are able to stay unemployed and search for a job that is a good match for their skill set more easily than those with lesser means, which can lengthen unemployment spells for those who are able to remain unemployed for longer.
...the analysis by educational attainment shows that, during the past three decades or so, the workforce has become much more educated. Those with less education consistently and disproportionally bore the brunt of economic downturns; however, this was less the case in 2009 than in 1983, because during 2009, those with higher levels of education had very large absolute and relative increases in unemployment and LTU.