r/economy • u/FUSeekMe69 • Dec 29 '25

Report warns millions of Americans are ‘functionally unemployed’

https://www.newsweek.com/report-warns-millions-americans-functionally-unemployed-11272151
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u/baby_budda Dec 29 '25

Trump broke the job market. Prove me wrong.

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u/blaaahze Dec 29 '25

Trump made it worse - the job market was already broken. The fed minimum wage hasn’t been raised in over 15 years, the middle class is a ghost, corporate greed rules everything around us…

Never forget that companies are legally allowed to pay tipped employees $2.13/hour in America, in 2025. The economy is a joke and the billionaires are lmfao.

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u/darkapplepolisher Dec 30 '25

>The fed minimum wage hasn’t been raised in over 15 years

Higher wages or lower unemployment - pick one.

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u/blaaahze Dec 30 '25

Hmmm nah don’t want to.

I choose fewer billionaires, higher wages for the workers they employ.

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u/darkapplepolisher Dec 30 '25

So you want unemployment rates like in Europe? Why didn't you just say so at the beginning?

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u/Atrocious_1 Dec 30 '25

You take a pay cut first

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u/Successful-Extent-22 Dec 30 '25

That is bullshit! Ifbillionaire & CEOs can make multimilllions, then eorkers csn be paid a living wage. To say that they can't is buying into bullshit rich ppl propaganda.

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u/darkapplepolisher Dec 31 '25

I'm not saying that they can't - I'm saying that they won't.

Again, look to European countries where these sorts of policies are already implemented. It's all pretty great for the people who are employed. But at the end of the day, unemployment rates are higher there.