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Fayette County’s unemployment rate of 7.1 percent for June was the 64th highest among the state’s 67 counties, lagging the state and national rates of 5.4 and 5.3, respectively. Why do you think the unemployment rate here remains so high? Is it a lack of jobs or is that people don’t want to work?

“I think that it is due in fact that this place is a buzzkill to industry, because we have too much government intervention. The property tax sure doesn’t inspire growth. Having to go through the political nonsense of trying to start my own business is ridiculous. Get the government out of the market, and inspire more entrepreneurship among individuals.”

“Try property taxes in western New York for size!”

“Look at our wages here compared to New York!”

“Generation after generation here have been collecting welfare. Why work when you can sit at home, get your hair and nails done, get a tattoo and have the American taxpayer pay your bills? This area will never change.”

“Actually, it is more like several generations of welfare support.”

“Either way, they don’t aspire to do anything more than collect welfare!”

“That is not true. I grew up on welfare. My parents were both sickly. Not one of us kids has ever relied on welfare since becoming adults. Being a welfare lifer is a false statement.”

“The real problem is jobs that pay less and less while requiring you to work harder and harder.”

“There’s a definite lack of people trained for the jobs that are available.”

“How much of the gas and oil slowdown contributed to the high June number?”

“There are jobs available, but there are many more who just won’t work. They refuse to accept lower-pay jobs or seek retraining. It’s the mentality in this county that hurts the economy here. Too many enablers allow these do-nothings to continue.”

“Actually it’s the mentality in this country that employers should be able to pay as little as they want for labor that is hurting the economy. Until that changes nothing good is going to happen”

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