If a child asks for bread, why give him a stone?
You’d have to read deep into this article by ABC to realize that the self-proclaimed job fair that left thousands of job seekers waiting outside for hours in Atlanta’s sweltering heat Saturday was actually a political event held by U.S. Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson with sponsorship by the Congressional Black Caucus and its “For the People” Jobs Initiative (cough).
According to the Caucus’ chairman, Emanuel Cleaveer, the soi-disant job fairs address serious unemployment problems for blacks: “As reported African American unemployment remains stagnant at 16.2%, it has become clear that it is time for immediate and real action to provide hard working Americans with real economic opportunity.”
16.2% unemployment is bad. But you want to know what is really bad? Being scammed by the Congressional Black Caucus when you’re looking for work.
However, real action was not what the fair goers got. Instead of real jobs offered by legitimate employers, those brave souls who stood outside in line for hours on end were received by “advisers” who suggested they look for jobs online. In sum, this was a crime against many thousands of largely black Americans desperate enough for work that they got suckered into attending the event.
ABC’s Diane Sawyer should be ashamed for not exposing this as a scam and instead framing it as a legitimate event. Is our mainstream media that hamstrung by racial sensitivity? Even the World Socialist got the story of this scam right.
There is hope for jobs, but it’s not going to come from scams by entitlement-seeking groups. Instead it will come from recruiters and staffing companies who show respect for people seeking employment by offering real jobs with real employers.
The staffing industry though can do a lot more. Unless we raise our voices, the silent majority that knows what real job creation is about will remain just that – silent. Silent and powerless while others preach the exploitive power of the state and unchecked entitlements.
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Gregg,
I appreciate you exposing the truth about the problems African-Americans(AA) are having with employment. In addition, I like the quote,” If a child asks for bread, why give him a stone? Do you know of any solutions that can help resolve this unemployment epidemic in the AA community? People seem to focus on the problems and not a solutions.
Thanks,
Joseph
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Hi Joseph
Is the employment problem really isolated to African-Americans?
We just had in my home town (Eagan, MN) another fake job fair (few if any employers offering living wage jobs, etc), this one held by Republican John Kline, for a mostly white community also suffering from high unemployment.
How to create jobs, real jobs? Here’s a no-brainer. Let’s stop discouraging job creation:
Reduce government spending. The government is the elephant in the bath tub, especially with the likes of Kline and Lewis, spending wildly, forcing up payroll tax rates, making employment a very expensive proposition.
Eliminate the EPA. Recent ozone regulations by the EPA are killing millions of American jobs.
Eliminate the NLRB. Regulations of all kinds are killing American businesses.
By making employment attractive again, the government will allow industry to create the 25 million jobs we need.
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