Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay

Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by bobbydroptables on Sunday January 12, 2020 @12:52PM (#22027745)

>America has a weird sense of superiority about its lower unemployment numbers vs Canada.

I've literally never heard anyone in America discuss Canada's unemployment numbers in any context whatsoever. I think your premise may be off.

Canada is also pretty tiny (smaller than California; much smaller GDP than California) so I'm not sure why we would care.

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by sdinsn on Sunday January 12, 2020 @05:12PM (#22029904)

He is saying that people in Canada are less concerned about Canada's unemployment numbers than people in America are concerned about America's unemployment numbers.

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by bobbydroptables on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:15AM (#22034140)

If that were the case then the word superiority does not belong in that sentence. No average American has enough thoughts about Canada to have feelings of superiority about our economic statistics.

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by jkoudys on Sunday January 12, 2020 @02:08PM (#22028410)

Usually it's in the political context, as a cautionary tale about why you shouldn't fund healthcare/social programs/etc.

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by bobbydroptables on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:02PM (#22028828)

I wouldn't describe politicians trying to score cheap political points as "America" having a weird complex. I can promise you the average American does not have any thoughts whatsoever regarding Canada. It's not even on our radar.

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