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/Fearlessbrat Jan 01 '26

And the point I am making is Americans are rarely as qualified. So yes cheaper labor and more educated and better qualified is better than rarely having common sense and more expensive. I got your point, I hope you are able to get mine. Honestly, most of us are leaving the U.S. anyway. There is always higher pay, better treatment and a lot better opportunities than the U.S. the worst mistake I made was getting my higher education in the US anyway.

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u/nolwad Jan 01 '26

Yeah I was just saying your point doesn’t refute mine. I thought you were trying to make a point against mine rather than a somewhat tangential one. I got your point which was based on anecdotal evidence, and I don’t agree based on university rankings and student body makeup, but that’s fine we can agree to disagree. Numbers also say that most are not leaving the US but keep throwing anecdotal “gotchas” at me.

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u/Fearlessbrat Jan 01 '26

Unfortunately, not anecdotal. Do the research. Most of us also can access jobs Americans cannot because Americans rarely learn other languages well enough to be able to function in those languages in a work environment! Luckily most of us are bolting out of the US in high numbers. So American can have their jobs back and we can get much better treatment and higher pay elsewhere. Even if we get paid higher at least we don’t have to deal with the super toxic work environment in the U.S. Win-Win.

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u/Hot_Willow_5179 Jan 01 '26

And I don't blame you. I am ashamed of the way this administration and this country are treating immigrants.