My husband lost his job last January making it almost 2 years now. Extended unemployment benefits weren’t available then. Many of my neighbors are still unemployed.
10% is what the Government is telling you ? Do you really believe them?
I mean they are now telling you they have saved or created 1 million jobs. Not in my town.
I lost my good job, but fortunately I have an almost-full-time, minimum-wage job. Although I don’t have enough money to pay all my bills, I am viewed as a job saved or created. Heck, with the math they employ, I am at least a hundred jobs saved or created. People wanted change, and now they are searching the couch for change.
I am sorry to hear about your situation, and hope things soon turn around for you.
My point was that we’ve (North America) gone thru similar events (inflation, slowdowns, etc.) in the not-too-distant past; I remember being out of work for a long time in 1983-84. And though it was before my time, I heard the 1974-75 recession was also brutal.
But some of these media stories make it sound like people are going to give up on the fiat money system altogether - I don’t think that’s realistic.