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Takket

(23,663 posts)

7. sweet..........

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Mon May 23, 2016, 02:57 PM

May 2016

now all we have to do it..........

establish a living wage
get everyone making the same amount as white men for doing the same work
stop the destruction of unions nationwide
make it possible for people to actually plan for a retirement by ending wage stagnation
bring back jobs that pay respectable salaries so we aren't living paycheck to paycheck in jobs we are overqualified for
and make it possible to get the education needed for those jobs without sinking 100k into debt

but yeah other than that, everything is just peachy!

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The U.S. is 'basically at full employment' [View all] The Straight Story May 2016 OP

LOL TransitJohn May 2016 #1

They're not hiring biologists, either. GoCubsGo May 2016 #10

What about these? Nye Bevan May 2016 #24

Those are all for hydrologists or environmental scientists TransitJohn May 2016 #25

I'll believe it when I have a job NobodyHere May 2016 #2

I will believe it Runningdawg May 2016 #4

The Establishment Living In Lala Land cantbeserious May 2016 #3

For people such as him, yes. HassleCat May 2016 #5

I think a lot of people are under-employed gollygee May 2016 #6

sweet.......... Takket May 2016 #7

Well yeah, people are working TrappedInUtah May 2016 #8

I'm sure you will be bashed over this post. tonyt53 May 2016 #9

Correct. Massive govt spending got us out of that. underpants May 2016 #13

Yeah, maybe he should try working at WalMart. onecaliberal May 2016 #11

Real unemployment is closer to 20 percent WDIM May 2016 #12

Completely bogus. Even U6 unemployment is at 9.7% taught_me_patience May 2016 #16

Can you tell me shadowrider May 2016 #22

Ok The Straight Story May 2016 #31

There are many uncounted. WDIM May 2016 #23

u6 is down too, I suspect if it goes below 8 the quit rate will skyrocket and wages will rise... uponit7771 May 2016 #21

I'm making half of what I was making just 5 years ago, so I'm not impressed with the status quo. AtomicKitten May 2016 #14

A 5% unemployment rate is now defined as full employment? LanternWaste May 2016 #15

Its subjective, but a lot of economists will say anywhere from 4% to 5.5%. phleshdef May 2016 #19

I'll hear anything under 6% Xolodno May 2016 #20

The PTB only fool themselves, nobody else is buying their propaganda. nt Rex May 2016 #17

Another success by President Obama philosslayer May 2016 #18

Yay! tazkcmo May 2016 #26

Full employment... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #27

We've always been at war with Eastasia! Odin2005 May 2016 #28

Congratulations, you're (under-)employed! You get a paycheck, therefore you don't count. X_Digger May 2016 #29

I think this means our employers will be demanding cheap H1B visa workers saying Todays_Illusion May 2016 #30

It really depends on career field and background madville May 2016 #32