USA Today: Where the Jobs Are, Part 1 (the new Blue Collar)
http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/nation/2014/09/30/job-economy-middle-skill-growth-wage-blue-collar/14797413/
My wife and I discussed this article at length after seeing it in the USA Today section of the PNJ. Many of the new jobs being created offer very competitive wages and require specific skill sets, but not necessarily college degrees to fill them.
It struck me that there is hope and the economy is, in fact, turning the corner from 2008.
I do suppose there are those who would rather see the economy stay down to further their political agendas. Those folks are enemies within.