Okay, I rattled all those things off from memory, issues that stuck in my mind. No idea of original sources but some quick googles will demonstrate some of the things I mentioned. There are a lot of things that are important besides just the Unemployment Rate that have great affect on the vast majority of Americans.
Record credit card debt
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/cre...-record-high-means-economy/story?id=104717977
78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck
As living expenses in the U.S. continue to rise and wages struggle to keep up, it’s unsurprising that Americans of all generations are having a hard time financially. For many, this means living paycheck to paycheck. But what does it really mean to live paycheck to paycheck, and what underlying f
www.forbes.com
More Americans with second jobs
The number of Americans holding multiple jobs has reached its highest level since the pandemic's start. Inflation, remote work may be factors.
www.usatoday.com
More Americans (57%) can't afford emergency expense (and note the comment about more Americans relying on credit card debt
Rising costs and interest rates have made it more difficult for Americans to save for emergencies.
finance.yahoo.com
Fidelity says Hardship Withdrawals have tripled in 5 years
A rising share of American workers are making hardship withdrawals from their 401(k) accounts to cover emergency expenses.
www.usatoday.com
Issues and Insights (good source) about the truth on jobs
https://issuesinsights.com/2024/06/11/the-unvarnished-truth-about-that-blockbuster-jobs-report/
Native Americans lost 650k jobs, aliens gained 1.3 million
Biden’s Pollyannaish statements about the economy only add insult to injury.
issuesinsights.com
Okay, you should get the idea by now. Of course, since I am the card carrying president of the Donald J. Trump Taint licking Club, I can fully understand why you would expect everything I post to be a lie. Just check with Flat to verify all that.
I recently saw, read, or heard about couple statistics that would also be very relevant to this discussion. I wish I could remember what the statistics were and what the source, but my memory is failing me on that. The bottom line as I recall it was that they were some kind of measurement of businesses that were felt to be on imminent danger of failing. Think that the interest rates were a key factor driving most of the at-risk businesses.
Bottom line is that there are a whole lot of people out there that are not sitting in Fat City like Flat and a lot of the elites. Some of us have concerns for the economy in general, and empathy and sympathy for those that are not as comfortable as I am.
And I am not even going to address the issue of affordability of housing, and how in the world will today's youth ever be able to afford to buy a house. I assume everyone here doesn't need a link to be aware of that.