Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
I wouldn't say the unemployed are lazy, but a lot of them could be working if they were less picky. There was recently an article about numerous companies in the US being unable to get enough workers (and in fact, haven't seen the number of applications increase since the recession started), because people aren't willing to change industries, move to a different state, or take a major pay cut. People are still looking to do the same jobs they did before, if maybe with a 10-20% decrease in pay. The reality is a lot of the jobs that disappeared in the recession will never come back, and that kind of attitude is partially the cause of our chronic unemployment.
I get where you're coming from, but I'm not sure how fair it is to expect people to be able to move freely considering relationships, family, etc.

How much change is involved in moving from one state to another? My impression of the US is that the states can be very different from one another and not only when it comes to culture.