return2ozma@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhen they tell you the economy is booming, always ask them whose...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up11.35Karrow-down155
arrow-up11.3Karrow-down1imageWhen they tell you the economy is booming, always ask them whose...lemmy.worldreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square212fedilink
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·edit-27 months agoThere are 2 jobs for every person, providing wage pressure on employers, and offering more choice in work people can do. Some people are struggling, yes, and we should do things about that. But it’s way better to be struggling when you have options than when you do not. I was poor in 2008, and it’s no fucking comparison at all. The economy’s health directly impacts people of every income level
minus-squareFacebones@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoYou only have the illusion of choice, as evidenced by the “booming economy” which just actually means being extra effective at funneling all economic output straight to the top.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThis doesn’t match the reality of the number of job moves and open positions.
minus-squareFacebones@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoOpen positions =/= open positions that pay a livable wage.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoExcept having more open positions than people directly translates into higher wages, so even this broad nothing of a statement is still incorrect.
minus-squareMalfeasant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoUnless the “open positions” are only open on paper, and the company has no real desire to fill them…
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoThey’re not. That’s a fiction. A meme-tier fiction at that.
minus-squareMalfeasant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months ago There are 2 jobs for every person, Yes, unfortunately it is often the case that the same person is working those two jobs out of necessity.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoThat is not how open positions work.
There are 2 jobs for every person, providing wage pressure on employers, and offering more choice in work people can do.
Some people are struggling, yes, and we should do things about that.
But it’s way better to be struggling when you have options than when you do not. I was poor in 2008, and it’s no fucking comparison at all.
The economy’s health directly impacts people of every income level
You only have the illusion of choice, as evidenced by the “booming economy” which just actually means being extra effective at funneling all economic output straight to the top.
This doesn’t match the reality of the number of job moves and open positions.
Open positions =/= open positions that pay a livable wage.
Except having more open positions than people directly translates into higher wages, so even this broad nothing of a statement is still incorrect.
Unless the “open positions” are only open on paper, and the company has no real desire to fill them…
They’re not. That’s a fiction. A meme-tier fiction at that.
Yes, unfortunately it is often the case that the same person is working those two jobs out of necessity.
That is not how open positions work.