原文：
Why
is it so hard for young people to find jobs these days?
Three broad reasons come to mind. Inappropriate skill sets, Government regulations, and Uncertainty.
Youth
unemployment may partially be the result of a mismatch between the
skills young adults possess and the skills employers require of their
workers.
Younger
individuals already have less experience and training.
But
even people with college degrees may find that they do not possess
the appropriate skills for the jobs employers are looking to fill.
Government
can subsidize education and send more people to school through loans
and grants, but this does not guarantee future employment.
Second, government regulations and taxes may also be part of the problem.
Things
like minimum wage laws, overtime pay mandates, payroll taxes, health
care regulations and unemployment insurance all make it more costly
to employ labor.
When
it is more costly for firms to hire workers employers hire fewer
workers. Some of these costs may not be immediately obvious.
Take,
for example, laws that make it more difficult for firms to hire and
fire workers as they see fit.
Why
could this cause more unemployment?
Compare
it to dating. Imagine that any blind date you went on had to result
in marriage.
Would
you ever go on a blind date? I doubt it.
Same
goes for a company that's interested in hiring more workers but
worries about not being able to fire a new employee if they're not
working out.
They
won't want to take chances.
So
firms are particularly reluctant to hire young workers who lack
experience and do not have an employment record to prove that they're
reliable.
Finally, there are many reasons for employers to feel uncertain about the future.
For
example, we're experiencing a slow economic recovery after a major
financial crisis.
Further,
consider something like health care reform.
The
recent health care bill is very long and there is much debate and
unanswered questions about what its ultimate impacts on the cost of
labor may be.
All
this creates uncertainty, which makes employers more cautious in
hiring workers.
These
three reasons, mismatch of skills, regulation, and uncertainty,
are
three potential reasons are three potential reasons why many young
people are having a hard time finding work right now.
Each
of these three reasons has one factor in common: government.
Interventions
haven't helped things and they have likely made things worse.
The
unemployed would be better served if government stepped out of the
picture and allowed economic growth and a free market to create more
jobs and prosperity.
單字重點整理：
3 reason:
1.Inappropriate skill sets
2.Government regulations
3.Uncertainty
possess : I possess coding skill.
subsidize : Government subsidize education
loans and grants : Government give college loans and grants.
guarantee : Government don't guarantee future employment.(promise)
wage : minimum wage laws (salary)
blind date : She is nervous about going on a blind date.
reluctant : She was reluctant to discuss the matter. (unwilling)
financial crisis
