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Fayette County’s unemployment rate rose from 8.2 percent in July to 8.5 percent in August, according to the latest report from the state. However, that’s still down from its 10.3 percent rate back in January. Do think the jobs are there for people if they want to find work? Overall, do you think the economy is showing any signs of improvement?
“There are jobs, people just don’t want to work. Especially in Fayette County.”
“The question should be ‘Are there sustainable jobs?’ There is a big difference between the two. Not sure how you get the statistics on who wants to work or not other than listening to what others tell you. I’m not an expert in the lives of others and if they want to work or not. I work and that’s what matters to me.”
“For all you people that blame out-of-town workers, I got some news for you. I grew up here went to the military in California, moved to Texas and then moved back. Why, I don’t know, but I work for a company making $80,000 a year driving a water truck. Yeah, a water truck. We can’t hire enough people so I won’t have to work six days a week 12-14 hours a day because of things like DUI convictions, felonies, and drug testing. Even your own governor said if more local people could pass these [drug tests] they would have jobs. It’s cheaper to work locals than pay hotels, per diems, and everything else that comes with it. People in this area don’t want to work anymore. Not everyone, but we all know generation welfarers. It’s a fact, southwest Pennsylvania used to be the hardest working blue collar area in the nation! It’s a shame what happened.”
“The fact is things are getting better. But a lot of people around here like to blame Obama for everything and they don’t want to give him credit for anything positive.”