Young adults in the US, especially minorities, are angry with President Barack Obama�™s �œlies” and �œsavage” economic policies, a researcher and social activist in Washington says.
According to a new USA Today/Pew Research Center Poll, Obama�™s job approval among young voters has fallen to 45 percent.
The president’s approval rating with young Americans, which stood at 67% just ahead of his second inauguration less than a year ago, now mirrors the general population, according to the poll.
�œPresident Obama�™s economic and public policies and planning has been savage towards young people, in particular for African Americans and Latino Americans,” said Randy Short, a member of the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization, a political and social justice coalition working in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
�œUnemployment is very high, we have a large number of young people with college degrees working in fast-food, working in Wal-Mart” and other low wage jobs, Short told Press TV on Sunday.
�œThe President lied to young people about student loans. A lot of us former student, myself included, owe huge amounts of money in loans and the jobs haven�™t been here, there�™s been no support,” he added.
Short said the economic policies of Obama and his predecessors contributed to the offshoring of millions of good paying US jobs to China and India. �œRight now, this is a lost generation with very few prospects.”
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Source: Press TV