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Originally Posted by woj
All those statistics only give illusion of things greatly improving, for example take a look at "labor participation rate" which shows percent of adults actually working:
so while the official statistics may show 5% unemployment, the reality is that they don't count the guys that used to make $30+/hr in manufacturing... and now said "fuck this, if I can't make the same $$, I certainly am not going to flip burgers for $8/hr, I'd rather collect unemployment benefits"... (he is not counted, cause he is not looking for work)
... and lets be real, Trump isn't gaining traction because of his offensive jokes, he is gaining traction because many people are frustrated with the status quo, which contradicts your theory of things being great... |
I never said things are great. I said things are better.
We have 5% unemployment, which is obviously better than 12% unemployment. Are we making less? Yes. Are our houses worth less? Yes. Are our investments worth less? Yes.
Everyone is making less, which is what happens after a recession. You can try to argue "this is taking a lot longer than before" but frankly this has never happened before - not in my life time. I don't remember people losing their jobs and then their houses like this ever before.
This is not something that someone can flip and switch and it's suddenly fixed. This will take time to work through, and it will take time for us to get back to where we were.
If you think someone who has no experience can quickly fix this, then vote for Trump.