2013-04-03

Tougher Job Requirements Function Of The 'New Normal'

So much for the notion that post-secondary education is not for everyone. When McDonald's asks for a degree to be a cashier, you know there's a race to the bottom. At some point, will a college degree be worth anything?

"...Youth advocates said the ad is proof of how bad the employment situation is for kids. "Sadly we've taxed-and-spent our way to an economy in which there's intense competition for just about any job. Combine that with government meddling in the student loan market that has artificially inflated the cost of higher education and young people are getting screwed over even worse than the country overall," said Evan Feinberg, president of the Washington-based youth advocacy group Generation Opportunity."

 

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