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Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment... by leereeves on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:27AM (#39228837)
> Some even have three jobs.

Sounds like the problem is that people need three jobs to be comfortable.

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Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment... by s1artibartfast on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:38AM (#39228998)
who says they weren't comfortable?
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Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment... by lotsofpulp on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:38AM (#39228996)
“Comfortable” is far too nebulous of a metric to be useful in this discussion. How do you know they don’t have 3 jobs to afford an unnecessarily large/extravagant/showoff vehicle/house/etc? How do you define unnecessary?
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Re:Payroll employment rises by 353K in January; unemployment... by apwell23 on Friday February 02, 2024 @09:47AM (#39229133)
if by comfortable you mean owning 4 rental properties then yes.
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