YOU KNOW, THE AUGUST JOBS REPORT
CAME OUT THIS MORNING.
AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE
WHO FOUND WORK AGAIN AND FOUND A
GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT BRINGS THEM
BACK FROM THE EDGE, BUT THERE IS
REAL CAUSE FOR CONCERN AS WELL.
THE PACE OF THE JOB GAINS IN
AUGUST WAS SLOWER THAN JULY,
SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER THAN IN MAY
AND JUNE.
MORE AND MORE TEMPORARY LAYOFFS
ARE TURNING INTO PERMANENT
LAYOFFS.
28 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FILED FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT AND AFTER SIX
MONTHS IN THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE
LESS THAN HALFWAY BACK TO WHERE
WE WERE, WITH 11.5 MILLION
AMERICANS NOT GETTING THEIR JOBS
BACK.
WE’RE STILL DOWN 720,000
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
IN FACT, DONALD TRUMP MAY BE THE
ONLY PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY
TO LEAVE OFFICE WITH FEWER JOBS
THAN WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE.
I TALK TO A LOT OF REAL WORKING
PEOPLE, ASK THEM, DO THEY FEEL
LIKE THEY’RE BEING LEFT BEHIND,
ASK THEM HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT
