Psst. President Donald Trump's political base has escaped the worst of the economic fallout from Covid-19. My latest, with Allan James Vestal. https://t.co/dh8A8lx5SD
— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) May 8, 2020
The US unemployment rate is ugly, but it isn't the full picture.
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) May 8, 2020
44 million workers lost a job — or had hours cut
18 million "temporarily" laid off
11 mil forced to be part-time
10 mil want job but couldn't look
5 mil actively looked 4 jobhttps://t.co/92w84u9bQh @alyssafowers pic.twitter.com/ks6fkQENFW
U.S. unemployment hit 14.7% in April. But joblessness varied by race and education:
— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 8, 2020
▪️ White people: 14.2%
▪️ Asian people: 14.5%
▪️ Black people: 16.7%
▪️ Latino people: 18.9%
For people without high school degrees, it was 21.2% (vs. 8.4% for college graduates). pic.twitter.com/dHINJnoy1O
Analysis: Trump once took credit for low unemployment among black Americans.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 8, 2020
Now that rate has doubled. https://t.co/Z3KQbPlWez
Unemployment:
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 8, 2020
🇺🇸14.7%
🇩🇰4.9%
McDonald's hourly wage:
🇺🇸$9
🇩🇰$22
Weeks of paid vacation:
🇺🇸0
🇩🇰5
COVID19 deaths per million:
🇺🇸231
🇩🇰87
COVID19 tests per 1,000:
🇺🇸24
🇩🇰49
Maybe Americans deserve the same safety and dignity that Denmark's people enjoy.https://t.co/irRVh3WylZ
Leisure & hospitality lost 7.7M jobs.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) May 8, 2020
That's 47% of the ENTIRE industry.
5.5M jobs lost in food service alone.
1.4M jobs lost in HEALTHCARE.
Record 103,415,000 not in labor force.
Unemployment in San Diego: 27%.
Meanwhile, pro-lockdown people say it's "for our own good."
Workers without college degree hit hardest by record unemployment https://t.co/6lgMvyQRy4
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) May 8, 2020
As we see our economy cast into the abyss, consider that the coronavirus pandemic is not the only villain. Conservatives’ steady and willful weakening of the national safety net set the working class up for a fall. Take a bow, gents. Right off that cliff. https://t.co/0ZkRX0UuIC
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) May 8, 2020
Why April's jobs report does not capture the true unemployment rate @jchatterleyCNN reports pic.twitter.com/0PFMjBkPRs
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 8, 2020
Weekend reads: The unemployment undercount https://t.co/zRemlBpd2m
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) May 8, 2020
Why did healthcare shed 1.4 million jobs in April? Doesn't a pandemic require more healthcare workers?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 8, 2020
Actually, the money-making parts of the US medical-industrial complex (elective procedures, joint replacements, etc) have shut down.
That's where lots of jobs are.
Sad! 