Posted on 08/06/2020 5:59:07 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits topped 1 million for the twentieth straight week — bringing the total number of initial jobless claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic to more than 55 million.
An additional 1.186 million people filed for unemployment last week, according to the US Department of Labor.
Jobless claims were down 249,000 from the week prior, but at a total of 55.3 million, the number of Americans who have filed for unemployment claims during the course of the pandemic is greater than the populations of New York and Texas combined — and has long since surpassed the 37 million jobs lost over the 18 months during the Great Recession.
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Remember, this is all about , STAY SAFE!!! WEAR YOUR MASK!!! SOCIAL DISTANCING!! The cure is whose then the disease.
And yet not a single government parasite has lost a paycheck.
Let that sink in.
Nor has a single Indian H1B. Remember it was too harsh on the poor Indian and his ten kids to send them back. They fired Americans instead. See IBM, Uber, Vanguard, Boeing, AT&T, TVA, Uber...
Anyone know the population during the depression?
I didn’t know McDonalds had 55 million employees.
According to many on FR, everyone collecting unemployment is a McD’s worker making more money now, and using it for lasers in the riots...
122 million in 1929
Austin just gave all city workers a raise and will raise property taxes to the max allowed by local law.
Thanks.
So that’s 30%? Then and 17% today? (Unemployment)
Roughly. It depends if you count our illegals...
1.18 million....1.4 million expected.
The people are getting back to work because they have bills to pay even though the media wants everyone to stay home and live on $600 per month.
Real headline: Jobless claims were down from the previous week “beating expectations.”
122,775,046
The 1930 U.S. Census determined the U.S. population to be 122,775,046. About 40% of the population was under 20 years old. Suicide rates increased, however life expectancy increased from about 57 years in 1929 to 63 in 1933.
Austin is a bastion of liberalism. They should enjoy their new taxes. They get what they deserve.
Elon Musk might with to rethink his move of ANY facilities to Austin
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