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May 24, 2019

Trump Administration closing Job Corps in Forest Service

Source: Politico

My daughter, who works for the Job Corps as a Counselor, just called and informed us that she will soon be out of a job. The local Job Corps center near us in Virginia has been there since at least the 1960's and catered to poor mostly black youth of both male and female. Another chunk out of the wall for those who need it most.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/24/agriculture-dept-ends-job-corps-conservation-centers-1472208

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Name: Charles Carter
Gender: Male
Hometown: Norton, Virginia
Home country: USA
Current location: Appalachian Mountains
Member since: Tue Mar 14, 2017, 07:44 PM
Number of posts: 234

About Left-over

I am a semi-retired male living in a very red part of Virginia. I have seen this area go from an area that voted totally Democrat, and had a high union participation rate to voting 76% for an unqualified buffoon for the highest office in the land. Collectively, we need to stop this corporate machine that is taking our chance of a good and fair life away from us. I do not want my country to become a third world dictatorship. We must resist in any way we are able.