“Everybody that I graduated high school with, they’re 10 years on a job, and here I am struggling to pump gas, you know?”
—Eddie Crosby, a 36-year-old veteran struggling to find work post-service. Younger US veterans are really struggling to transition from the military into civilian workforce, many times because the highly trained-for skills they come by in the armed forces become much less useful on the civilian job market. Among younger veterans, the currently unemployment rate hovers around 12%, which is 5% higher than the national average. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
April 2012
Sometimes, this is how I feel:
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March 2012
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"You are the rack to my city <3"
What.
The.
Possible.
Fuck.
I keep hitting the refresh button but all Tumblr does is fucking stay the same. Where are all the insomniacs?