Posted on 11/30/2019 11:59:45 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Just how unknowledgeable about the economy is Joy Reid? So much so that it drove even the liberal Ron Insana . . . insane, obliging him to correct her misstatements.
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At one point, echoing Andrew Yang, Reid claimed that there are "no humans" working in supermarkets, just customers checking themselves out, "and like two people have jobs in the grocery store."
Interjected Insana: "well, that's a little extreme. I mean, there are two [self-checkout] kiosks in the grocery store, and there are people [working there.]"
The depth of Reid's misunderstanding of economics was glaringly exposed when discussion turned to the unemployment rate. Insana mentioned that, by any measure, "we are at full employment. The unemployment rate is 3.6%."
Reid had earlier said that the employment rate was "plussed up" because people are working multiple jobs, at Lyft, Uber, etc., and here insisted: "but it's full-plus because people have three jobs!"
That was too much for Insana: "I'm not sure that's an entirely accurate description of what's going on in the economy." A diplomatic way of telling Reid she didn't know what she was talking about!
At that point, Reid and the other panelists, lefties all, started squawking at him. Exclaimed Reid: "here's what every Lyft driver I've ever had said: it's their third job!"
Retorted Insana: "you know I do this for a living, right?" In response, hyper-lib Karine Jean-Pierre, an MSNBC contributor and spokesperson for the far-left MoveOn.org, let out a loud, disapproving, sigh.
Responded Insana: "well, you can get exasperated with me."
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Proving she’s an affirmative action hire everyday.
We have a meeting of the minds on that regard.
Is there any unique, interesting or thought provoking commentary here or just a transcript from a television show?
Cackle. Cackle.
Joyless meant to say there are no Humans working in the Ghetto. Help wanted signs everywhere in the Chicago area, but thousands of “young men” in the city are still unemployed.
Yes! She doesn’t know what’s going on in the grocery store because she never enters one.
People who drive for Uber or Lyft, do so as an extra job to earn a little extra cash. It is not their primary employment.
I have a friend in Phoenix who drives Uber just for something to do to keep from getting bored at home with his wife. He's retired and quite well off. He doesn't need the money.
There is no way CNN or MSNBC is going admit on the air that Trump's economy is good and the unemployment is so low as to considered full employment by economists.
100%
You’re assuming the networks don’t select for that.
all leftards that are almost too stupid to function become useful idiots for the leftard perpetrators and instigators of evil
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