We do not live in a depression. Youth have been coddled by many boomer parents. Participation ribbons instead of inspiring a competitive nature. Easy for young people to lament (and their parents also, who wish to create excuses to make them feel less guilty) about how tough things are. To be employable you must differentiate yourself and stand out from the crowd....not wallow in generational self pity. And your comment about staying out of the discussion is a typical left wing drone, attempting to drown out any thoughts which differ from your own pseudo intellectual position. Shame on you and others who create excuses instead of inspiring creative problem solving and personal ambition. You do the under employed youth no good by pandering to their lament.