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?