Baiscally, the premise is, that some if not a lot of people can't work because there are no jobs for them, maybe they lack education, they have no skills and no contacts or experiences so nobody wants to hire them no matter how hard they want to work.
Are they doomed to become homeless people or live on welfare programs or become thieves?
What would you do if someone looked for a job but couldn't find any no matter how hard that person looked?
There are always jobs, it's more a question of whether they fit with the expectations of the individual. If they don't fit, then an individual is likely not to do them and will make up excuses.
A few examples, excluding those with legitimate disabilities.
Let's say there's a cleaning job and it pays minimum wage. It doesn't tie in with your expectations, would you do it or rather stay unemployed? Very few would take the job, many would rather claim welfare because they consider the job beneath them.
Then there are jobs like rubbish collection, jobs which may seem embarrassing to people and they wouldn't do them. They don't want to be seen by people doing such things.
There are jobs that require hard grafting like labouring on a building sight. Many people would rather not hard graft for their salary and instead dream of an ideal office job.
Then there are jobs that people want to do, but don't have the right level of experience or skills for them. However, many jobs also have apprenticeship programs. Do people want to go through the route of learning the skills over a few years or do they want the role instantly?
Then there are jobs that require education, however there's nothing stopping many of us getting that in the West. Or doing lesser jobs to tie us over while we acquire it. It largely comes down to planning and devoting time. If we don't then it's down to our expectations vs reality. Many of us are lazy and prefer an easy ride, because studying is another form of grafting/hardwork.
Those that fit the examples above will likely end up as welfare recipients, and complaining about the lack of jobs. Some of them will become homeless, that will largely come down to spending habits vs welfare payments. If they can't balance the books or make cuts were necessary then they will become homeless. A very small minority of them will become thieves, due to wanting things or wanting to flog them to fuel wants and desires.
If somebody looked for a job and couldn't find one, I would ask what are you looking for, where are you looking and why are you looking for it? Perhaps they're setting their expectations to high.
I would ask them to look at the qualifications vs the requriements. If the person is finding it difficult, I would ask them to lower their expectations and take a lesser job, while waiting for something better to come along.
Then there are those who may not be able to get the lesser job, because there aren't any. For them they would like have to move, to somewhere where there is employment. This will come down to needs vs wants and desires.
Note: The other solution for places where there aren't jobs is on economic policy, local reform, facilitating the creation of the micro economy, entrepreneurship, encouraging the establishment of co-ops. This would create a micro economy and help faciliate the creation of jobs.
