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@Blackdog, I just heard that the monthly employment statistics will now include UNDER-employment stats, too. People who are working part-time jobs, jobs not in their field, jobs they’re way over-qualified for—just to pay the bills while they look for a “real” job.
This is a step in the right direction, because only tracking the numbers of employed & un-employed people doesn’t provide the full picture of the situation. Politicians are quick to trumpet how many thousands of jobs were created this month, but less quick to admit how many were just part-time, temporary, “joe” jobs, with low pay, no benefits, and no job security.
I wish our society could be more like in the Scandinavian countries, where the social safety net is so much stronger. Of course, their taxes are higher in order to support it, but when you see how much better it makes life for everyone there, it seems to be well worth it.
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