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

Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by weberc2 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @02:22PM (#22028526)

We have prosperous people today and while many of them are engaged in some form of philanthropy, we still have lots of poverty and other social ills. So “compassion” alone seems like a weak guarantee.

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by Seanzie on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:46PM (#22029185)

We still have poverty, but not your granddad's poverty. It used to be, the poor suffered under-nourishment. Today, poverty can stem from obesity so severe as to be disabling.

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by weberc2 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @06:09PM (#22030354)

Are you arguing that things are better or worse than they used to be? And in either case how does it relate to my comment. Genuinely can’t tell.

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