Ill Considered Policies in Action

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First of all, I pretty much doubt that Bill Cosby (IIRC one of the richest Entertainers in the world) has ever flipped burgers. Or remembers flipping them as a young actor looking for work 40 years ago.
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Bill Cosby was a high school dropout from the projects, and this was before the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing. I doubt he has forgotten. By the time he had his big break in comedy, his work ethic had gotten him a lot further than most people from that type of background.

Some people are fortunate enough to have rich parents they can live off of until age 30. For the rest of us in the United States, getting a job isn't so much an optional thing. I have a friend with a computer science degree who has a wife and kids and was working two jobs: sales clerk at Best Buy, and loading freight into semis at UPS. They may not be the best resume builders, but they won't hurt. And in the meantime, he actually has an address and phone number to put on his applications, instead of "homeless and unemployed". The thing is, some of the blue collar jobs are hiring as many people as they can get every week, good economy or bad (of course the people quit every week too, but the opportunity is there). If everyone who settled for those jobs was sitting at home waiting for their 1 in 100 interview in their dream job, the industrial economy here would not be doing too well. Maybe in Europe it's a different ballgame.