Young people will bear brunt of post-Covid unemployment crisis, report warns

Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, those aged 25 and under have accounted for three in five jobs lost, the Prince's Trust and the Learning and Work Institute report said.  It added that youth unemployment is expected to increase further as the economy recovers.  While some areas of the economy might start to recover, young workers are under-represented in these sectors, and the industries that typically employ them will be hit hardest in the long term, the report continued.

Young people have borne the brunt of the lockdowns--a measure intended to combat a disease that affected mostly the old.  Yet there is no evidence of any government policies designed to aid young people.  Here are a few: 

- Abolish the minimum wage

- Pass right-to-work legislation and make unions more democratic through periodic recertification elections

- Stop legislation like California's AB5 and the PRO Act which harm independent contractors

Unfortunately, the Democratic Party is on the wrong side of all of the above.