Record 20.5 million American jobs lost in April. Unemployment rate soars to 14.7%

By artappraiser on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 2:35pm |

Historic levels of unemployment including the lowest employment to population ratio - 51.3% - ever recorded. This is a disaster. https://t.co/qqPfXk54ZF
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) May 8, 2020

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/economy/april-jobs-report-2020-coronavirus/index.html

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— #TestAndTrace EVERYWHERE NOW (@Noahpinion) May 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 4:18pm

Very important point, maybe not the best of times to experiment unless you want to go through total devastation to create your new world:

This is why I'm kind of backing off of the antitrust thing for now. Big business proved to be crucially important in the Depression and WW2, and it's doing so again. And the big tech companies people worry most about are looking like critical infrastructure. https://t.co/QZ4UIr0wL5
— #TestAndTrace EVERYWHERE NOW (@Noahpinion) May 9, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/09/2020 - 11:52am

Record 20.5 million American jobs lost in April. Unemployment rate soars to 14.7%

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