@Finn dAbuzz,
Finn dAbuzz wrote:Have you ever witnessed what happens when a college-educated person applies for a job like "this?"
Yes.
Finn D'Abuzz wrote:Anecdotal evidence, I know,
Exactly.
Finn D'Abuzz wrote:So MM's upbringing that led him to believe that working, at any job, is better than accepting a handout is because he is incurious?
The grammatical structure of your question is difficult to parse, so I'll just answer the question I
think you're asking.
I think if Mysteryman was more curious and less prejudiced, he would have figured out that anectdotal evidence, even evidence from the entire Kentucky trucking industry, is not representative of
all sectors of the job market in
all states of the US. Consequently, he wouldn't have suggested that the US job market has problems because US workers typically weren't raised the way he was. US workers six years ago were raised pretty much the same way as today's US workers are --- for the most part, they're the same people. And yet, long-term unemployment in the US was rare six years ago; it's pervasive today. So while
something must have changed, and while
something that changed pushed up long-term unemployment, it wasn't the way US workers were raised. And a more curious person would have figured that out.
