Posted By Andrew Luck
A Natural Born Person

Why is our unemployment rate so high, and even higher in the Black communities? Obama promised approval of the stimulus bill would allow unemployment to not go over 8.0%. What happened to his “hard pivot for job creations?” Why does Congress continue to vote to spend billions on extending unemployment benefits? Unemployment benefits were designed to be for up to 27 weeks. Some have been on it for 2 years? Wouldn’t we be better served if that money was used into “job creations” allowing us to start or continue on our careers? Or would one be more comfortable hoping they continue to spend these billions? I vote for a job and career. You may call the White House and ask this question at 202-456-1414

By V. Dion Haynes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother’s one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap operas hour after hour, trying to stay out of the streets and out of trouble, held captive by the economy. As a young black man, Spriggs belongs to a group that has been hit much harder than any other by unemployment.

Joblessness for 16-to-24-year-old black men has reached Great Depression proportions — 34.5 percent in October, more than three times the rate for the general U.S. population. And last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that unemployment in the District, home to many young black men, rose to 11.9 percent from 11.4 percent, even as it stayed relatively stable in Virginia and Maryland.

You may read the full article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112304092.html