Long Term Unemployed Surges to Post-Pandemic High

[Mac-7]

Rents in working class neighborhoods will drop, too.

It will certainly reduce any housing shortage as well as emptying out the hospital emergency rooms

 

[Frankenstein]

I just don't believe you.

You are too much of a racist, too mean-spirited to be a successful person.

If the mentally ill sociopath Trump wasn't born wealthy, he would be in jail or wandering the streets homeless right now.

In today's world, racist simply means willing to tell the truth feelings be damned, so have at it

 

[Lisa558]

It will certainly reduce any housing shortage as well as emptying out the hospital emergency rooms

It also will improve the quality of the public schools when things aren’t dumbed down for all the non-English speakers.

 

[postman]

Anybody that's been unemployed for more than 6 months is not looking for work. I could land myself 10 jobs in a week if I wanted.

I guess if you're a coal miner in West Virginia, you could relocate, and get a job developing AI training models.

 

[Delldude]

Sure look below.

Looks like more personal bankruptcy than anything else.

 

[Mac-7]

It also will improve the quality of the public schools when things aren’t dumbed down for all the non-English speakers.

And money being wasted on English-illiterate migrants is available for American students

 

[postman]

Good the Government is bloated with workers anyway!

That's what everybody thought, until they tried to call social security about their retirement, and got a busy signal.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Yeah most do.......doesn't make it anybetter to work for. Some places just suck big time.

 

[Fang]

Grim news regardless of your party preference. Employment is the temperature gauge of the nation’s economy. The number of unemployed people looking for work more than six months has surged to its highest level since the pandemic. Basically these are people put out of work during Trump’s first few months and still are not employed.

Nice job Trump.

Why a surge in long-term unemployed workers is ringing alarm bells

The number of unemployed people looking for work more than six months has surged to its highest level since 2021.

www.cbsnews.com

As of August, the number of long-term unemployed people had risen to 1.9 million, according to government data — the highest level since 2021, when the nation was still reeling from the pandemic.

With the job market faltering in recent months as employers put the brakes on hiring, more workers are being sidelined for months on end, economists told CBS News.

"We're continuing to see this low-hire, low-fire environment," said Laura Ullrich, Indeed's director of economic research for North America and a former official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. "There aren't really new jobs being opened up for people — there isn't room for new people to come in."

A CBS News poll released Thursday captures the dimming view many Americans have of the labor market, with 33% of respondents describing it as "good," down from 41% in April. What's more, 48% said they think there are fewer good jobs where they live compared to five years ago.

The unemployment rate started trending up in the summer of 2024 during Joe Biden's term. It was 4.2 on 8/2024 (3.7 on 1/2024). It was 4.3 on 8/2025. For a point of reference during Obama's first term the unemployment rate never went below 7.7.

 

[Delldude]

That’s bullshit.

What was it “renamed” as?

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

 

[Lesh]

I’m curious to know how you think Jews are raking in so much money?

How I know? I live near Kyrius Joel and I have many Jewish friends who have told me how things work there.

There are many Hasidic communities like that. Lakewood on Jersey and many others

 

[Lesh]

He already did define it, and it has become generational

He most certainly did not.

Does it many ANY assistance for any reason for anyone? He has not answered that

 

[Mac-7]

That's what everybody thought, until they tried to call social security about their retirement, and got a busy signal.

The service does not get much better when the laid off workers are on the job

Trump should fire everyone and only rehire essential personel

 

[Delldude]

Leave it to a lib ^^^ to make a smack against Jews in a thread totally unrelated to them.

He brought that up before in a similar thread.

 

[Lesh]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

Nope. Far different from what welfare was.

The very name tells you that.

The first word is TEMPORARY… and there are work requirements as well

 

[berg80]

Right wing logic. If there is bad news under Trump it is fake or actually good. If its bad news under Biden "ahhh, we're all going to die".

Bingo.

 

[Lesh]

Again. Orthodox Jews rely on welfare programs heavily.

Why is that OK but others using those programs are bad?

You mention large families. Have you seen the size of families in those Orthodox communities?

I mention it not as an attack on Jews but to point out your blatant and disgusting hypocrisy

There are approximately 2 million Hasidic Jews and 15% are on some form of welfare

Lisa has failed to address any of this in any meaningful way.
Saying that “it’s just a few “ is both not accurate nor does it address her acceptance of it as opposed to similar aid to those she hates (folks with darker skin)

And save the anti-Semite nonsense. I live in a very Jewish area and many of my non Hasidic friends note the heavy use of public assistance issue as well

 

[Lisa558]

He brought that up before in a similar thread.

The leftists tend to do that. Always looking for a way to interject a negative about Jews.

 

[Delldude]

Nope. Far different from what welfare was.

The very name tells you that.

The first word is TEMPORARY… and there are work requirements as well

Not entirely true.

How I know? I live near Kyrius Joel and I have many Jewish friends who have told me how things work there.

You cut and paste from your last Jew rant?

 

[Lisa558]

That's what everybody thought, until they tried to call social security about their retirement, and got a busy signal.

It’s was so bad at my local social security office last year that I gave up calling and drove over. Much faster to drive 30 minutes than to be on hold for an hour.

When I got to the office, the place was more than half-empty.