15,000 in Valley vie for jobs at McDonald's

But don't worry your 401k is safe and "Dear Leader" says its your duty as good little Americans to borrow money to buy useless crap from Chinamart.

The middle class is dead in America and you can thank your elected politicians for selling you out to China and India for campaign donations.

15,000 in Valley vie for jobs at McDonald's

More than 15,000 people hoping to land one of 800 to 1,000 part-time jobs available at Arizona McDonald's poured into Valley restaurants Wednesday to fill out forms and interview with store managers.

The seven-hour on-site hiring campaign was spurred by the popularity of the fast-food chain's expanded McCafe product line. The success of recently released beverages such as the frappe and smoothie has fueled employee growth for McDonald's restaurants in Arizona, area supervisor Jerry Gehrke said.

About 100 people applied in person for entry-level positions at each of the 166 restaurants in metropolitan Phoenix. Most locations had anywhere from three to eight openings, ranging from cooking to operating the cash register to performing janitorial duties. Wages begin at $7.25 per hour and increase depending on an applicant's experience, Gehrke said.

"We are seeing college students, professionals out of the workforce, moms and high-school graduates applying for these jobs," Gehrke said. "It's a little bit unusual to see so much diverse work experience."

In other news on the employment front Harley Davidson employees voted for a new contract, which freezes their pay for seven-years, slashes hundreds of jobs and assigns large volumes of the work to part-time workers, who get no healthcare benefits. If the employees had rejected the deal, Harley has said it would have moved its Wisconsin operations to another state, leaving about 1,350 employees out of work. My question is when did China become the 51st state?

Yes, things are "dire" in the labor market but you don't have to take my word for it. Dire is how the IMF describes the situation. However, the solution is not more borrowing as suggested by the IMF as that is the root of the problem.

Americans forgot that they can't live by borrowing money. But we get it now and if we could only get our leaders to understand this very simple concept then things might get back on track.