in attempts to speak simple english. that voice we ve all heard lying. that voice we ve all heard bragging about his favorite methods of sexual assault. in what kind of society, in what kind of civilization can that be the voice of the president? but millions of people love that voice. millions of american women love that voice. voted for that voice. millions of americans are thrilled about this election. millions think it s funny. and even more think it doesn t matter. 46.9% of eligible voters did not vote. 25.6% of eligible voters voted for hillary clinton. 25.5% of eligible voted for donald trump. so the biggest category of voters were the ones who didn t care whether hillary clinton or donald trump became the next president. that s the way it is.
vote. 25.6% of eligible voters voted for hillary clinton. 25.5% of eligible voted for donald trump. so the biggest category of voters were the ones who didn t care whether hillary clinton or donald trump became the next president. that s the way it is. in the decline of a civilization. some people don t care. some people can feel what s happening and others can t. others feel the opposite. they celebrate what is happening. every declining civilization has had their cheerleaders on their way down. some of the cheerleaders went to wellesley college today. two young men in a pickup truck with a donald trump flag drove through the wellesley college campus today while wellesley students were still crying about what happened last night. wellesley police asked them to leave. that s what happens with civilizations in decline. people laugh at other people s pain.
for us that means 25.6%. one in every four african-americans are unemployed are underutilized. those jobs that were created sounds good but at that rate it will take us five years to get back to where we were before the recession. the employment issue is the greatest issue for us because we have so little wealth and because there s so littlewell in our community we have about 2% of our nation s wealth, 13% of the population. we don t have a lot to fall back on. the other thing is how much we lost in the recession due to losing our homes. more than $200 billion worth of wealth lost in our homes. for a white couple age 40 to 61 have basically recovered. they got back 99% of what they
welcome back. here are some other stories making news this morning. the united nations says about 1 million syrians are going hungry because of difficulties getting supplies into conflict zones. the u.n. s world food program is handing out rations to about 1.5 million people in syria every month, but 1 million more are still in need. in australia, more than 130 fires are burning near sydney in new south wales. and authorities are warning of a catastrophic fire threat. more than 40 of the fires are burning out of control. temperatures may hit 109 degrees fahrenheit today. those extreme temperatures have forced australia s weather bureau to add new colors to its heat map. deep purple there, that s for temperatures from 122 to 125.6 degrees. and magenta is for temperatures up to 129.2.
recorded since the end of world war ii. 25.6%. that is according to the center for labor market studies at northeastern university in boston. the figures are expected to be worse putting teens in a dangerous position. think we know about the benefits of work, you are putting a young person on a path to success. the more you work today, the more you work tomorrow, the more you earn today, the more you earn tomorrow. we don t want young people left out of the economy. reporter: while the recession has led on to more adults in the work force competing for jobs, many economists blame the higher minimum wage because of their experience, teens tend to be least skilled workers available and many employers can t afford paying them higher wages. to beat the odds, experts are trying to look beyond traditional jobs and strike out on their own. a teen could start multiple businesses and see which one takes off.