How does someone stay on unemployment for 3.5 years? I thought the old max was 99 weeks, it's less now I believe.
What kind of job did you offer 6 people at $60K each? I know you said 6 weeks of training, but didn't mention what the training or the job was/is.
I am sure you can find 6 people in this thread that would jump at the job.
The problem today is that people have become instant gratification whores. If they can't have it now, then f*ck it. Technology advances have helped in this problem but the real problem lies with parents and the lack of parenting skills. This on top of the broken homes where there's only one parent in the household.
The next generation of parents is going to be worse than the current set of parents and will continue to get even worse. Family values, ethics, hard work and having a dream are long gone for most kids these days because they have it so easy. Remember dropping some coins in a pay phone, how about an 8 track, what about life with an antennae on your roof before basic cable came to play. Kids today have no clue, they are pampered with lap tops, iphones, etc etc.
I hate reading posts that say, " I watched the game at work" or " I bet the game at work" I always want to say where the hell do you work so I can call the company and bust your g-d*mn lazy ass. Those people don't deserve to be "working".