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Ted Rall for December 17, 2012
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the greatest job opportunities are in the fast-growing fields of "stuff you don't like" and "things you can't do" Experts predict big growth in the exploding "get treated like disposable crap" and "you'd rather die than do this job" categories. The aging baby boomer population and the fact that things keep getting suckier will create millions of new jobs that you can't get and don't want. Next: Why'd you better go into debt and get college degrees to prepare for nonexistent jobs.
Interesting that all but one of the states on the above list are low population states, mostly farm states, with the exception of Virginia, which is heavily federal employees.Utah is Mormon, and all but Hawaii and Virginia are northern states that people are leaving for the better weather in warmer states. Even without the shale boom, ND would still have low employment.