• Galli [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      So they basically said “doesn’t count if there is jobs growth”. As long as you can keep creating 10 precarious gig worker jobs for every 9 full time jobs that are eliminated then the economy is doing great!

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Remeber when the US economy collapsed in 2007 and ever since then it’s been propped up by speculation, free money, zomvie companies that cannot and will never turn a profit, bailouts, and outright fraud, all while the living conditions of the people continue to decay and live expectancy plummets?