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South Carolina Employment Situation: Revised Data Paints Gloomy Picture
Thanks to fiscally liberal uni-party leaders, the Palmetto State’s workforce is still very much riding the struggle bus …
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To improve the percentage of employed in SC, maybe we need to change the education system that prepares them. Maybe we should stop telling students that they can “make a good living” with only a high school diploma? I can’t even count the number of guys I know who have decided their true calling is cutting someone else’s grass. This leaves them ample time to do important things, like hunting and fishing. Most are really living off their wife’s job instead and have chosen to be minimally employed. True, not everyone needs a college degree, but they do need something of some kind that will earn a living wage. We lose too many kids in the school>work pipeline who decide they can eff off and do what they want. Not to mention those that end up dropping out and get involved in crime. And no, “vouchers” and paying for some rich kid’s private education is not improving the education system in SC, which is the GOP answer to everything.
Man, you really hate other people having freedom to decide what’s good for them and living with the consequences.
Cutting grass is more honest work than what most corporate executives engage in, probably why it pays less.
FITS: How is illegal immigration treated by these studies? Are they counted as part of the workforce for the purpose of the labor participation rate? There could easily be 250k-500k of them in our state.
Mr. Folks,
I’m sure you will call me “Karen the Fact Checker” but I have several observations and questions “in regards” to your news article. First, is there the ability to differentiate between those who are unable to find a job to those who are unwilling to work?
Courtesy of the Biden Administration during the pandemic, citizens were compensated for doing nothing. The checks continued month after month which led to years and the work ethic further diminished. The money was good even better than ‘getting in a wreck, and getting a check.’ Now, you don’t have to be injured to get a free check. Your article makes no reference to that. I was curious why? Also, your article does not recognize that last year the state put millions towards training and retraining South Carolina workers. Do you think that is relevant?
Also, you start your article off by saying sic ‘that politicians continue refusing to send money back to taxpayers.’ Karen, would disagree! The fact is the House has proposed lowering the income tax rate yet again allowing taxpayers to keep more of their money. In fact, the House has proposed a half a billion dollars in property tax relief on owner occupied homes.
In fairness, I got my information from the newspaper which also needs a fact checker.
Your former humble public servant!