After adjusting for inflation, wages are higher than at any point in U.S. history, and after adjusting for age and sex, the percentage of the population that is employed is around its peak in U.S. history.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    That’s not how unemployment numbers work. It sucks that people are laid off but in the grand scheme of things unemployment is the lowest it’s ever been. Just cuz something bad happens to someone you know doesn’t mean the current administration is bad.