unemployment

So Near Yet So Far
by Saab Lofton

Skip: Man, I can't believe this. They was gonna burn all this shit. All this shit, and a nigger can't even find a job.

Kirby: Well, that's Uncle Sam for you, baby. Money to burn.

--from the movie, Dead Presidents

It's a pain that never ends -- to be capable of so much but allowed to do so little ...