Unemployment In The United States

There is many issues around the world that concern the public, one of them is unemployment. Many people have trouble acquiring a job because their education level or other dilemmas. There is a huge gap in unemployment, over the few past years the unemployment rate has greatly increased which it isn’t well because this means the poverty rate can also increase. Although, some people may have jobs they don’t earn a sufficient amount of money to pay for their food, housing, and other expenses. Assistance should be provided to people who need the extra money, so they can be able to live a normal life. In our Economics class we’ve been discussing topics that relate to unemployment and poverty, this highly concerns everyone because, they all have …show more content…
A Federal Job Guarantee is a program in which the government guarantees people jobs with benefits and a living wage. Their ultimate goal is to sustained full employment, give a job to every American that desires to work or leave the labor market. For example, in the article “You're Hired!” by Jeff Spross, the author states, “Inevitably, the most privileged or attractive job seekers are hired first: those who are well-educated, who have histories of stable employment, who are free of criminal records, and (let’s be blunt) those who are white” (You’re Hired). This demonstrates, that jobs mostly focus on these type of things, they hire the person with the better education or based on their background. If the jobs guarantee were to be implemented, employers wouldn't benefit from it because they wouldn’t get away with rampant wage theft no more meaning they’ll have to give employees more working hours, better benefits and hire anybody seeking a job. It would also be universal, meaning the job guarantee would be offered to every person in the world desiring and being able to …show more content…
This has always been a controversial issue but ever since the number of unemployment has increased the government has came up with possible solutions to attack the main issue, which is creating programs that can possibly end unemployment. Furthermore, according to an article I read, “roughly $12 an hour, assuming 52 weeks a year at 40 hours per week” this means every person would earn a living wage, have the chance to work full time or at least have more hours. I believe, the government should provide more detail on the programs they can possibly implement to eradicate unemployment and set a better minimum wage for all workers. This mainly concerns the low income people because there are much closer to the poverty line. In an recent article by Jim Tankersley, he provided a link in “Democrats’ Next Big Thing: Guaranteed Jobs” to a follow up plan how there would be guarantee jobs to Americans who live in distressed communities, urban and rural, “will create enough jobs, approximately 4 million—to move the U.S. substantially toward full employment while focusing particular assistance on communities that have been left behind” (Democrats Next Big Thing: Guaranteed

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