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Posted: 06 Nov 2011


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Jóvenes Perdidos - el Recién Desafecto

Jóvenes Perdidos - el Recién Desafecto
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Located near larger cities, many once-booming farm towns in America gave way to the newly prosperous, middle-income suburban classes in the post 1960s. Under the downward economic pressures of the last several years, new business has dried up and property values plummeted, vaporizing tax revenues and forcing municipal budgets toward crippling bankruptcy.

For many upcoming youth, finding a positive, realistic trajectory through which to prosper financially, seems more and more like a a silly, antiquated fantasy. For them, "Settling for Less" is the new American Dream.

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 TigerHead
TigerHead club has replied
You're right, of course. In the US, the big "carrot" is held in front of the donkey from day one. If honest means can no longer present opportunity to grab that carrot...well...the system will collapse from within. Hard work, or an intense willingness to work, is not enough when there is no opportunity. One cannot climb a ladder that has no rungs.
12 years ago.
 TigerHead
TigerHead club has replied
Many thanks, Diana! Yes. The situation is strange. Different, yet somehow familiar. While I remain one of America's vast unemployed, I at least know what it is like to work as a professional in a well-paid position. These kids have no such recollection and many see no hope of finding such employment for themselves.
12 years ago.
 TigerHead
TigerHead club has replied
Thanks very much, Robert!
12 years ago.
 TigerHead
TigerHead club has replied
Very happy you like it, Fred! Thank you!
12 years ago.
 TigerHead
TigerHead club has replied
Thanks very much, Martin!
12 years ago.

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