Folks keep posting about the #Bidenboom over job numbers as though most people *aren't* living paycheck to paycheck and racking up record credit card debt to make ends meet on wages not keeping up with inflation.
Can you go to almost any retail store or restaurant and find a help wanted sign?
Sure.
But those minimum wage & near minimum wage gigs aren't the foundation of a healthy economy. Especially not one where the median national rent is about 2k a month.
Sure.
But those minimum wage & near minimum wage gigs aren't the foundation of a healthy economy. Especially not one where the median national rent is about 2k a month.
Celebrating gas being "only $4/gal" isn't helping someone who needs to commute to get to a job paying $8-12/hr and has seen their grocery bill & health insurance increase far more than inflation while they're lucky to see a 3% annual raise.
So pardon me for being a little cynical as we repeat the all is well mantra of 2006 based on the ability for anyone to find a job that won't pay the bill as megacorps post record profit as GDP falls.
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