• Mango@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Ever taken an honest look around you or does that scare you more than being delusional?

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      1 month ago

      Touch grass. Doomer shit.

      Unemployment is low, housing prices have stabilized after historic lows, music is great .

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        1 month ago

        Music is great. Being a flow artist is the only reason I haven’t killed myself.

        Also what the actual fuck retardation makes you think high housing costs is a win?

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            Mind you, 4.1% reflects only people who are unemployed that have looked for a job within the last 4 weeks.

            Let’s add in people who want a job, have looked for work in the last year, but haven’t looked in the last 4 weeks. And let us also add in people who want a job, but have a job market-related reason for not looking for one. The rate is now 5%. Still not bad.

            Alrighty. What about adding in people who are working part time, but would rather work full time? The under-employed, if you will. Oh. Now it’s 7.7%

            Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

            Cryin’ all the way to the bread line.

            And besides none of the above discusses that the unemployment rate is non-comprehensive and does not measure the quality of the jobs - rather, how well those jobs pay people compared to CPI.