Local agitators for a $15 minimum wage were again demonstrating by the dozens,briefly blocking the drive-thru at a Detroit McDonald’s on Tuesday.
......Brookings calculates a figure for ‘disconnected youth,’ which measures young people who are “not working, not in school, and have less than an associate's degree.”
These youngsters with nothing going on are “at increased risk for subsequent poverty and unemployment.”
These youngsters with nothing going on are “at increased risk for subsequent poverty and unemployment.”
For 16-19 year olds in the Detroit-area, 9.9 percent fall into the ‘disconnected’ trap, a miserable 82nd out of the 100 largest metropolitan regions.
It’s worse for the 20-24 year olds, as 22.3 percent score as ‘disconnected’ - 90th out of the 100 regions.
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