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[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Lowest unemployment since the 60s

Yeah but the Biden administration is actually fighting against that. That was totally accidental and had nothing to do with Biden.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Also, and I will shout this out forever, they got this number by omitting everyone who has been unemployed for more than a few months or stopped looking for work. Just full-on brump shit, and these dumbasses eat it up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah. I bet the largest reduction in the number of people on unemployment happened when they stopped extending it for COVID.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago

And unemployment doesn't mean shit when wages aren't even high enough to survive on. Great, he's maximized the number of people who are both working and can't afford rent.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Isnt it also partially due to legalising child labour?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

IIRC it's mostly just lying. The stats don't include anyone who's unemployed but not looking for work.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't know if that one is really on Biden though. The Child labour thing seems to be a Republican-only idea for now, but I'm sure that by 2028, Democrats are going to look at deep-red states electing freaks who support child labour and conclude that Democrats must also support it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

If the Republicans wanted to make 10 year olds eligible to work in the mines, the Dems would compromise and make 14 year olds the minimum then strut around like it was a victory.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

I'd still blame Biden. If he was actually anti child labor he'd be assassinating the people doing it, but instead the only extrajudicial killings he does is killing "terrorists"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

The black plague had the most significant impact on labour relations and 'unemployment' in the last 1000 years of European history.

2024 I'm voting for the plague candidate