Unsure why you leap to interpret my comments in the dimmest light possible - almost as though you have an agenda🤔
CLEARLY, unemployment is unchanged by the # of jobs each person has.
But low unemployment doesn’t tell the full story. Wages are low, driving ppl to 2nd jobs+gigs.
CLEARLY, unemployment is unchanged by the # of jobs each person has.
But low unemployment doesn’t tell the full story. Wages are low, driving ppl to 2nd jobs+gigs.
Ask your next Uber/hail service driver what their life is like.
Many are teachers, or work retail, or have another job.
Unemployment isn’t the major problem for those folks.
It’s that, on one wage at 40 hours a week, they aren’t paid enough to live.
Many are teachers, or work retail, or have another job.
Unemployment isn’t the major problem for those folks.
It’s that, on one wage at 40 hours a week, they aren’t paid enough to live.
The big economic 🐘 in the room: Real wages in the US have not risen in decades.
Meanwhile, costs of living (rent, healthcare) + education have soared.
Working people aren’t experiencing the prosperous growth touted on TV: that’s going to a small few.
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014…
Meanwhile, costs of living (rent, healthcare) + education have soared.
Working people aren’t experiencing the prosperous growth touted on TV: that’s going to a small few.
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014…
Raising the Federal minimum wage to a living wage, and supporting a revitalized, 21st century labor movement are two essential starting points for working class Americans getting the dignified pay they deserve.
Healthcare, education, and housing are key cornerstones, too.
Healthcare, education, and housing are key cornerstones, too.
