LuckyLib
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Sun May-17-09 05:42 PM
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Only 1 in 5 new college grads reports having a job offer. |
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Most are moving back home to "sort it out" -- the economy strikes young people in tough ways as well. http://www.startribune.com/local/45221042.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
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SoCalDem
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Sun May-17-09 06:25 PM
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1. Adding to the financial burden of their parents, who might have been looking forward |
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Edited on Sun May-17-09 06:25 PM by SoCalDem
to an emptier nest, lower water bills, lower electric bills & once an under-25yr-old moves back, their auto insurance goes up..even if that person is not "on" their policy..
and a grown kid who cannot pay back their student loans will usually ask for "help" from Mom & Pop..
and this is all at the same time the parents' 401-ks may have taken a dive, and their own jobs might be in jeopardy..:scared:
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Sun May-17-09 06:50 PM
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2. I have presented at a few grad recruting events recently |
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At one of them it was pretty much ourselves, DirecTV, the national guard and about a dozen sleazy temp staffing firms.
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Sun May-17-09 06:56 PM
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3. Pretty soon it'll be 1 in 100. |
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This is a depression, not a recession.
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