09-20-2012, 02:37 PM
This is a tribune article about the welfare doubling. The startling line is here:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections...ouble.html
Welfare recipients double
"Low-paying or not, a full 41.6 percent of all residents 16 and over had no job at all in 2011, according to the census. That’s up from 38 percent in 2010."
This might be misleading since the statement doesn't clarify if that included the retired, self employed and disabled. Still a rather stark indicator of the employment situation here.
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/sections...ouble.html
Welfare recipients double
"Low-paying or not, a full 41.6 percent of all residents 16 and over had no job at all in 2011, according to the census. That’s up from 38 percent in 2010."
This might be misleading since the statement doesn't clarify if that included the retired, self employed and disabled. Still a rather stark indicator of the employment situation here.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*