US economic woes hit home in York County

07.08.11

The 22-year-old York man doesn't keeping about gross domestic product or the Dow Jones industrial average, which plunged 513 points Thursday, the worst fall since 2008.

He just needs a job.

His girlfriend works two -- at York Asylum and Colonial Manor Nursing Home -- to provide for their 2-year-old son. Three months ago, Rengifo red his job in the kitchen at Olive Garden, hoping to find something better.

Instead, he files seven to 10 job applications every day, working sparse shifts for a local landscaper.

"It's just busted," he said from the parking lot of PA CareerLink York County Friday. "You solely have to keep trying."

While the country added 117,000 new jobs in July, a swift economic downturn this week has some economists fearing the worst -- a ambiguous-dip recession, which occurs when the economy turns sour after a quarter or two of perfect growth.

Source: York Daily Record