Unemployment In America Essay

Mr. Jones walks down the street of New York city in deep and depressing thought as the two words that he never imagined would refer to him repeat continuously in his mind: “laid off.” For weeks, he has been trying to find a job with little to no success, and has nowhere to turn. All he can think about are his 3 children, and how he will break the news to them about his unemployment. Mr. Jones feels as if all hope is gone, and with the little energy he has left walks up the final steps to his apartment complex in shame. Once in his home, he goes straight to the tap for a cool drink of water, only to realize the tap has been turned off and with this, he falls to his knees and cries out in anguish. Mr. Jones is a representation of the unemployed in America - sad, lost, and tired. According to the Department of Numbers, about 4.9% (7,849,000) of the United States population is unemployed as of August 2016. Unemployment is a large issue in America and should be addressed accordingly.
Presently, unemployment is a controversial subject that has been addressed several times in the past few years, and many people have taken sides on the matter: to be for …show more content…
With no jobs available, families are being destroyed. In a study by researcher Stephan Linder at the Urban Institute in 2014, “the risk of divorce more than doubles when a parent looses his or her job.” This can possibly cause long-term issues for any children in the household, which just leads to more problems later on in the child or children’s life. Also, unemployment not only affects the unemployed and their family, but also the employers. Business Owner’s Toolkit states in their article on the unemployment benefits system, “Your state unemployment tax rate is directly affected by the number of ex-employees who collected unemployment after leaving your business.” So not only does unemployment hurt families, but it also hurts the