Why is the Government NOT DOING ANYTHING about black male unemployment?
Levine’s breakdown of census figures in a newly released report shows that 44.1% of working-age African-American men in the city had no job in 2005, down from 47.3% in the 2000 census.
Milwaukee remains near the bottom of 14 comparable Midwest-Northeast metropolitan areas surveyed in the 70-page report, which examined both cities and their broader metropolitan areas.
In 2005, only the greater Pittsburgh area had a higher black male jobless rate (48.3%) than the four-county metro Milwaukee area (43.1%), which had a higher black male jobless rate than Detroit (42.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=576226
They should NOT be given entitlements from the Government and should be locked up for a VERY long time if they deal drugs or steal having NEVER had an HONEST JOB. That’s what I think the Gov. should do! This has GOT to stop!
HMM
I live in PGH and there are hundreds, possibly, thousands of decent jobs downtown and surrounding area; if you can read, write, and have finished HS.
So what exactly should the government be doing?
The forced education doesn’t seem to help; the various vocational programs paid by the taxpayer dollar doesn’t seem to help. The various urban planning and training programs, also funded by the taxpayer don’t seem to be helping much either.
You can lead a person to a job but you can’t make them work.