bobalot@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoFull Employment Is Joe Biden’s True Legacyslate.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1250
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minus-squarecannibalkittehlinkfedilinkarrow-up46·5 months agoUnemployment numbers are bullshit because it specifically drops any that haven’t found work in months.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoAnd then to rub it in, even if you’re unemployed, your benefits are garbage, and not need-based.
minus-squaremarx2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-25 months agoYou’re talking about the U6 numbers. Those are tracked as well https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
minus-squarebobalot@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoIt’s almost as if half of these comments are economically illiterate.
minus-squaremarx2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIts irritating to see twitter-level bullshit starting to creep in here
minus-squarecannibalkittehlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIt’s irritating to see condescension and people being needlessly smug too.
Unemployment numbers are bullshit because it specifically drops any that haven’t found work in months.
And then to rub it in, even if you’re unemployed, your benefits are garbage, and not need-based.
You’re talking about the U6 numbers. Those are tracked as well
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm
It’s almost as if half of these comments are economically illiterate.
Its irritating to see twitter-level bullshit starting to creep in here
It’s irritating to see condescension and people being needlessly smug too.