The socialist arbiter of ‘All the News Fit to Print’ has done it again!  In today’s NYT Business Section, two headlines screamed from the first page above the fold: Teenagers Missing Out on Summer Jobs  followed immediately by Protests and Progress on Farmworker Wages.

The first article laments that ‘Experts’ are trying (but failing) to figure why there are no jobs for 16 – 19 year olds. Many reasons (excuses) for teens failing to find work are given, but as usual the only solution offered is more government involvement. Chicago is cited as exemplary:  This summer it will employ 24,000 kids in make-work programs designed to keep them off the streets and out of overcrowded jails. It was, and still is, Chicago style corrupt cronyism that killed real jobs for old and young alike.

These kids presumably are not skilled but they are by no means stupid. They will quickly realize that government jobs offer money for showing up but accomplishing little of economic or social value and therefore no incentive for self-improvement. The end result will be a conversion from summer job to full time job in a bureaucratic role that does little more than accelerate socialism’s advance in America.

The second article bemoans the plight of illegal farmworkers. They are demanding more pay and paid vacations. Say what???  They broke the law by illegally entering the country that they now sue for inadequate benefits.  If this doesn’t define insanity, I don’t know what does.  The article continues: ‘With many farmworkers frustrated by low pay and substandard housing – and as more consumers are insisting on food that is produced ethically – innovative movements are sprouting across the country to improve wages and working conditions for America’s more than two million farmworkers.”

One of these innovative movers, calling itself  “Migrant Justice”, is attacking Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factories for not doing more to benefit illegals. Ben & Jerry??  Are you kidding?  This is a company that has done more for social causes than most other corporations combined.  It’s like shooting the singers in your choir.  But then, nobody claims you need common sense to start a revolution – it’s only required if you are to succeed at it.

Here’s some common sense for all you unsatisfied workers:  If you want more pay and paid vacations – return to Guatemala and make your demands there – and on your way out, fire those troublemaking  class action lawyers that claim to represent you but who, in reality care only about the fines they will extract  by hectoring Ben and Jerry.

Happy Independence Day to all you legal citizens who must continue to fight for it every day.

You are welcome.