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December 16, 2015
Title: The REAL Unemployment Numbers
Topic: Unemployment
Discussed by Patrice Lee
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
The Millennial Jobs Report for the month of November revealed that
over thirteen percent (13%) of 18-29 years olds are now unemployed.
During the month of November, 1.855 Million millennials dropped out of the job
market because they just simply could not find a job. This number is
embarrassingly high and horrifying to imagine. In just one month, my friends.
One month lost 1.855 million millennials.
Patrice Lee is the spokesperson for Generation Opportunity. Patrice
explains how the “effective” unemployment rate adjusts the numbers to
include those who have simply given up looking for a job. The government doesn’t
like to include the effective rate because it obviously makes them look bad.
Additionally, the government likes to ignore the amount of people who are
working part-time but would rather be working full-time. These numbers are
extremely high, as well.
Patrice also discusses why millennials are waiting longer to get married and
have children because they simply cannot afford to! Student loan debt is
outrageous and it doesn’t seem to be getting better any time soon. “The cost
of college sky-rocketed 500% because of the government’s intervention in the
student financing model,” Patrice says. The madness needs to stop. Free
college isn’t the answer. Student loan forgiveness is not an option. So, what
is? Listen in as Patrice gives her opinion.
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January 27, 2015
Title: Free College (Not)
Topic: Free College (Not)
Discussed by Rebecca Coffman
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
What is going on
with America? How did we get from JFK to Obama? JFK said, “Ask
not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
Obama says, “Free cell phones! Free food! Free welfare! Free college!”
Rebecca Coffman says that her generation – the younger generation – is fed up.
They are tired of being fed lie after lie after lie. They are waking up to the
fact that government is not their friend; it is their enemy.
Rebecca and her colleagues (and many others) are calling Obama’s free college
tuition plan the “K-14 Plan”. It is simply another attempt for the government to
keep control of our kids and indoctrinate them even longer. The taxpayers will,
once again, bear the brunt of this madness, to the tune of $60 Billion (which is
just the initial estimated figure).
Rebecca Coffman is one smart cookie. She definitely has a strong head on her
shoulders. She, like so many other millennials, know that this new plan of
Obama’s will only hurt them further. Listen in as she explains the President’s
plan and what the future holds. Log on to www.GenerationOpportunity.org for more
on this and other issues.
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November 10, 2014
Title: Who Decided to Exercise their Right to Vote?
Topic: Election Re-Cap
Discussed by Corie Whalen Stephens
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
Did only old, white
men vote in the 2014 Mid-Term Election? While elderly people, those over the age
of 65, did account for just under 25 percent of the electorate, there was a
surprising turn-out among the younger crowd. Corie Whalen Stephens says while
most voters under the age of 30 do still tend to vote Democrat, more and more
are leaning to the Republican side. They feel betrayed by Obama and the
Democrats.
Corie talks about several races around the country, like North Carolina,
Arkansas, Florida, and Ohio. For example, in Ohio, there was a
26-point swing in favor of the Republican candidate for Governor among 18-29
year old. That’s huge!
How did they do it? Are Republicans getting smarter? Are young people just mad
because they cannot get a job? Is it the message or the messenger? Or is it a
combination of both?
That’s a lot of questions to mull over and Corie, who is in the younger
generation, gives her opinion on every issue. She says more young people
definitely need to get involved and start paying attention to the issues or 2016
could be a disaster.
Corie says there are three issues the newly elected Republican Congress must
focus on and get the younger generation fire up about. First, the Republicans
must pass tax reforms, especially for the middle class. Secondly, they must
address the ever-increasing student loan rates. And finally, the Republicans
need to examine the import-export bank, which is basically a corporate welfare
bank that is stealing from the younger generation.
When it comes to illegal immigration, however, Generation Opportunity doesn’t
really see it as an “issue”. Should they be concerned? It greatly effects the
black and even the Hispanic (legal immigrant) employment rate, especially among
younger people.
If you have a teen or college student, encourage them to research these issues
and become involved before it’s too late. Have them contact Generation
Opportunity at
www.GenerationOpportunity.org to learn more.
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May 8, 2014
Title: Your Kids do NOT Want to Pay off YOUR Debt
Topic: Out of Control Government Spending
Discussed by Patrice Lee
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
Generation Opportunity
is a national non-partisan organization advocating for economic opportunity for
young people. Today, Patrice Lee, the Director of Outreach at GO,
discusses the real unemployment numbers for 18-29 year olds in America.
Patrice believes the government has lost its focus on what really matters. Young
college grads don’t want – or need – cheap or free health insurance; they want a
job. Period. They have student loans out the wazoo and no way to pay them back.
They want to get married to their college sweetheart, but don’t because they
simply cannot afford it.
The next generation of working adults (who actually aren’t working at all)
cannot be saddled with OUR debt. And by “OUR” debt I mean “the government’s”
debt.
For more information on Generation Opportunity and how you can join their fight
for less government and more freedom, log on to
www.GenerationOpportunity.org.
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February 19, 2014
Title: Youth Unemployment
Topic: Unemployment
Discussed by Corie Whalen Stephens
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
The youth unemployment rate is still astonishing high.
For young adults 18-29
years old, the effective unemployment rate is 15.8 percent. For the black
community, it is 23.9 percent and for Hispanics it is 16.7 percent. For women
ages 18-29, the effective unemployment is 13.5 percent.
The Congressional Budget Office wasn’t lying when it reported Obamacare will
reduce the American workforce by an additional 2 million jobs over the next few
years!
Generation Opportunity is a national, non-partisan organization advocating for economic opportunity for young people through less government and more freedom.
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November 13, 2013
Title: What is in Store for our Youth?
Topic: Unemployment
Discussed by Corie Whalen Stephens
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
Part 1 of 2
The overall
unemployment rate for 18-29 years is a whopping 15.9 percent in America.
Many have simply given up looking for work.
When you break the numbers down by race and gender, the numbers seem even more
troublesome. Listen in as Corie Whalen discusses the grim figures.
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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Unemployment
Discussed by Corie Whalen Stephens
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
When it comes to being
underemployed or unemployed, many have simply given up hope.
For those of you in
college or with young adults attending college, please listen to these segments
today with an open mind and an open heart.
Is that degree you are pursuing and
paying thousands and thousands of dollars for really worth it?
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August 6, 2013
Title: The Dalits Of India
Topic: Out-of-Work Millennials Live at Home
Discussed by Corie Whalen Stephens
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
Only 43.6% of 18-29
year olds are employed full time. How is the hope and change working for them?
21.6 million Millennials are living with mom and dad. How is the empty-nest
working for you, mom and dad?
Young Americans deserve better than this. Wait until they actually grow up, get
a full-time job, get married and try to raise a family while paying for
Obamacare and for our Social Security Checks.
They will revolt. Listen in.
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August 23, 2012
Title: Millennials and the 2012 Generation
Topic: Millennials
Discussed by Paul Conway
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
What is the youth
unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds for July 2012? Specifically
for African-Americans, Hispanics, and women in this group?
Can we point our finger directly to the Obama administration and say it has been
the cause of the ever growing number of unemployed citizens?
How has the declining labor participation rate created an additional 1.7 million
young adults that are not counted as "unemployed"?
If the labor force participation rate were factored into the 18-29 youth
unemployment calculation, what would the actual 18-29 unemployment rate be?
Tell us more about generation opportunity and how our listeners can get
involved!
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August 8, 2012
Title: The "Millennials" Deserve Something More Than To Live In The Basement or Spare Room With Their Parents?
Topic: Obama's War on Jobs
Discussed by Paul Conway
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
Part 1 of 2
Does the
unemployment rate for July indicate an improving job market? What
age group is being most affected by joblessness right now? What is the reason
for this? Do the twenty-something's deserve better?
As a whole, will today's twenty-something generation be better off than their
parents, will they fare the same, or will this be the first generation ever in
America that will fare worse than their parents, again as a whole?
Do the twenty-something's, you call them Millennials, wake up each day to an
economic reality which includes record high unemployment coupled with fewer and
fewer job opportunities?
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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Obama's War on Jobs
Discussed by Paul Conway
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
What is the Obama administration
doing about this and do the Millennials believe Obama is doing a good job? What
were some of the results of the Generation Opportunity poll that was recently
conducted? What could the federal government do to encourage economic growth?
77% of young people ages 18-29 either have or will delay a major life change or
purchase due to economic factors:
44% delay buying a home;
28% delay saving for retirement;
27% delay paying off student loans or other debt;
27% delay going back to school/getting more education or training;
26% delay changing jobs/cities;
23% delay starting a family;
18% delay getting married.
Which political party is doing the most to "make economic growth happen"? How
can our listeners find Generation Opportunity and what are some ways they can
engage to help right what's wrong in America?
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June 7, 2012
Title: Generation Opportunity!
Topic: Obama's War on Jobs
Discussed by Paul Conway
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
Part 1 of 2
Has the Obama term in office been good for 18 to 29 year olds in America?
For the age group of 18 to 29 year old Americans:
1. Has Obama’s continued use of trillions of borrowed dollars been good?
2. Has Obama’s assault on manufacturing jobs in America been good?
3. Has Obama’s assault on fossil fuel usage been good?
4. What is wrong with Obama?
How can 18 to 29 year olds in America work with all other Americans to help right what's wrong with our country?
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Title: Part 2 of 2
Topic: Obama's War on Jobs
Discussed by Paul Conway
with Generation Opportunity www.GenerationOpportunity.org
77% of Americans 18-29 years old report delaying action due to the poor economy.
44% delay buying a home; 28% delay saving for retirement; 27% delay paying off student loans or other debt; 27% delay going back to school/getting more education or training; 26% delay changing jobs/cities; 23% delay starting a family; 18% delay getting married; 18% none; and 5% don't know.
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