I’ve been told that we need to maintain about 130,000 new jobs per month just to break even with new people entering the workforce every year (high school & college grads, etc.).
Above that number will be used to absorb the people that have been unemployed. 80,000 new jobs with 130,000 +/- new workers is NOT progress.
Don’t forget these are the same people who think welfare checks are a plus for the economy.