Our poor kids & grandkids

[Patriot]

New jobs in America?  What new jobs?  As I have my coffee, I'm thinkin about really tough times for my grandkids.
What about yours?

By Jim Tankersley
America's jobs crisis began a decade ago. Long before the housing bubble burst and Wall Street melted down, something in our national job-creation machine went horribly wrong...

The Great Recession wiped out what amounts to every U.S. job created in the 21st century. But even if the recession had never happened, if the economy had simply treaded water, the United States would have entered 2010 with 15 million fewer jobs than economists say it should have.

Full story:  http://www.nationaljournal.com/member/magazine/what-happened-to-15-million-u-s-jobs--20110120