Study after study says disabled citizens make the most loyal employees. The third group, my favorite group to talk about, is young black males. The real unemployment rate for young black men hovers between forty-five and fifty percent. Right now there are more young black men unemployed than at any other time in history. The unemployment rate for young black men has gone up not down.
Jobs are important.
One of the reasons I supported the welfare reform bill is because I know that there is dignity associated with work. Psychologist teach us that ninety percent of who we are is determined by what we do. When we meet strangers we ask them their name and quickly thereafter we ask them what do you do. Consider the plight of people who have no recent attachment to work. Consider those who have had generational detachment from work.