After final exams, most can remember heading to that summer job.
Landscaping, umpiring at the local recreation league fields, working retail at the mall, and any number of temporary jobs kept us occupied with a bit of income for the summer and one more bullet point on our resumes.
So, how's the job market for the student population? It depends.
If you're a white teen 16 to 19 years old, the April unemployment rate for your age group was 22.8 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you're a black teen of the same age bracket, the ranks of the unemployed swell to a rate of 38.2 percent.
That's the economic impact of uncertainties out of Washington, D.C., directed by the political class who are pressing businesses on every side with regulation, looming mandatory health care, tax increases that are proposed at year's end, and non-existent lines of credit that are the lifeblood of small businesses. The consequences of reckless policy and meddling are evident yet again.
The months of discontent are no longer just for a season, but now years. Will the summer of our discontent yield progress in November?
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