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tblue37

(65,442 posts) Fri Apr 1, 2022, 02:18 PM Apr 2022

Middle Age Riot tweet of the afternoon:

Middle Age Riot
@middleageriot
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Press: "90% of the jobs lost during the Trump presidency have returned under Biden."

Republicans: "Where are the other 10%?"

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Middle Age Riot tweet of the afternoon: (Original Post) tblue37 Apr 2022 OP

Dead because they wouldn't take a vaccine?? Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 #1

or fucking around in a truck convoy. gab13by13 Apr 2022 #2

The sub-moronic talking point gratuitous Apr 2022 #3

Ferrets are Cool

(21,108 posts)

1. Dead because they wouldn't take a vaccine??

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 02:23 PM

Apr 2022

gab13by13

(21,366 posts)

2. or fucking around in a truck convoy.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 02:39 PM

Apr 2022

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

3. The sub-moronic talking point

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 03:06 PM

Apr 2022

The sub-moronic response to the economic recovery is that people are just going back to their old jobs. As if that makes it not a real job or something. The other talking point is that it's all low-wage jobs that are getting filled, which isn't exactly true. Also, year-over-year wages have jumped considerably: 7-8% for mid-wage ($20-$30/hr) and high-wage ($30+/hr) jobs, well over 10% for low-wage (less than $20/hr) jobs. People are going back to work for more money, helping the economy pull itself out of the ditch that the former guy ran it into.

Daily Kos has an article on the jobs report with more information, and it's very good news indeed.

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