Snow Cones! 🍧

We move forward.

As we begin the year 2022, we get the final jobs report for the year of 2021. The jobs report for December 2021. The president still dealing with an ongoing pandemic, opposition to his Build Back Better agenda and a party devoid of facts.

President Joe Biden's job approval is down because of his handling of the economy, the pandemic and every other domestic issue in the country. It's basically because of the opposition to vaccine mandates, Congress' failure to pass his agenda and the culture wars.

We have over 850,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus. We will surpass 900,000 by mid-January.

We mark the first anniversary of the insurrection. A horrific day in America. The former president and his supporters were upset over the election results. He demanded the rioters to "fight like hell" and not show weakness. He called upon them to storm the U.S. Capitol.

The U.S. economy unexpectedly saw a slowdown in hiring in December compared to November, while the unemployment rate improved to a fresh pandemic-era low.

The Labor Department released its December jobs report Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg:

The economy added 199,000 jobs in December, the Labor Department reported Friday. That was the fewest jobs added in any month of 2021.

So for the 50 states, five territories and District of Columbia, there was a spread of jobs for 333.9 million Americans. 

The unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in December, marking a new pandemic-era low. At the same time, the labor force participation rate was unchanged from November at 61.9%, still 1.5 percentage points lower than in February 2020.

The unemployment rate for White, Asian and Hispanic workers dropped in December, while joblessness increased for Black workers.

At year-end, the nation was still down 3.6 million jobs compared to before the pandemic, in February 2020.

Even so, 2021 will go down in history as a year of record-breaking jobs growth: America added 6.4 million jobs last year, the most since records started in 1939. Every single month brought jobs gains.

The leisure and hospitality industry led job gains with a modest 53,000 added, but the industry remains down 1.2 million positions compared with pre-pandemic times.

Professional and business services, manufacturing, construction and transportation and warehousing also added jobs last month.

Meanwhile, retail — which usually adds a lot of jobs going into the holiday period — showed a seasonally adjusted decline. That's because even though the sector did in fact hire more workers, the seasonal adjustment is based on the much bigger gains historically seen this time of year.

Together with the increase in warehousing and logistics jobs, these trends reflect how much consumer behavior has shifted online during the pandemic. And with Omicron posing a risk, online shopping likely won't be going out of fashion any time soon.

President Joe Biden's headaches:

1. The Karens in the Republican House and Senate.
2. Two Democratic senators and one independent senator who is a democratic socialist.
3. The members of The Squad and Progressive Caucus.
4. The junk food media and their never ending dramatizing of world events.
5. Anti-Vaxxers. 
6. Lawmakers and activists who protests the CDC guidelines during the pandemic.
7. The endless culture wars that Republicans find outrage in.
8. Washed Up 45 and his minions on Fox, Newsmax, OANN and the internet.
9. Facebook and TikTok and the idiots who run it and the idiots who post on it.
10. Fox, The Daily Mail, Newsmax and OANN's relentless talk about his son Hunter Biden.
11. The relentless talk about spending.
12. Gun violence in the country and Congress refusal to do something about it.

The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about your business, your performances, your personal finances and travel. It doesn't care about the funerals, the birthday parties, the weddings, the vacations, the events and your graduations. It doesn't care about anything. It's a living organism that causes mild symptoms that include: fever, sore throats, chills, respiratory issues, loss of taste or smell and other unknown symptoms. If you have a weak immune system or health issues, your risk increases.

Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen. Companies are struggling to find workers. They are now trying to push incentives to get workers in.

Real Reasons To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is!

1. DEAD
   
2. BORN
3. THE PANDEMIC
4. CLIMATE CHANGE
5. IN PRISON
6. IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
   
8. IN HIGH SCHOOL
9. IN COLLEGE NOT LOOKING
10. VOLUNTEER
11. DISABLED
12. STAY AT HOME PARENT
13. RETIRED 
14. QUIT ON THEIR OWN
15. NOT HIRING QUALIFIED
16. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED
17. ACTIVE MILITARY
18. NATURAL DISASTERS
19. MASS SHOOTINGS DISRUPT DAILY ROUTINE
20. BEING LAID OFF DUE TO CLOSING OR STAFF REDUCTION
21. DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY OR PROPRETY
22. OUTSOURCING JOBS TO OTHER STATES OR COUNTRIES
23. BEING UNDOCUMENTED IN FEAR OF I.C.E. OR U.S. AGENCIES
24. BEING PUBLIC OUTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA DOING SHAMEFUL ACTS
25. PARTICIPATING IN UNCIVIL OR VIOLENT PROTESTS

Things are slowly returning back to normal. However we're still not out of the woods yet. Over 78% of Americans have at least gotten one of the coronavirus vaccines. Around 135 million Americans refusing to be vaccinated which will lead to the coronavirus being resistant to vaccines. As it mutates into a deadly strain, folks who refuse to follow the CDC guidelines will eventually turn it into a super-pandemic in which those who come into contact with an infected asymptomatic person could trigger the mass destruction of the human race.

President Joe Biden had hopes that Americans would take this shit seriously. Unfortunately, Republicans so fucking eager to return to power will keep Americans fixated on the culture wars. Now vaccinations are part of this culture war.

But those fighting the culture war by not vaccinating, not wearing face mask in public, not following protocols, and deliberately ignoring federal and international rules when traveling are going to be the first casualties of the war. 

With this pandemic mostly affecting states where Republican governors are, we may have to return to wearing facial protection and cutting back services to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

We came so far only to have a bunch of selfish idiots set it back. Just because they hate President Joe Biden.

Congress holds a vigil on the steps of the Capitol. The Democrats honor those who protected the Capitol. Republicans left town to strategize a plan to deflect.

Companies are still trying to hire employees. With the average wages stagnant, many are not looking forward to returning to a job that pays dirt wages. Many who worked in the retail, restaurant and low end service industry are not willing to take a job for less than $10 an hour.

Republicans don't see the bigger picture itself. They rather continue to believe in conspiracies about people collecting the safety net and not going back to work.

Give them a liveable wage and maybe things might improve in the job market.

We can't always assume that folks are lazy. People are literally dying from being overworked and folks are tired of the status quo of their jobs.

Many single mothers are having trouble trying to find quality daycare or family members to watch children. On top of that, some have lost family members due to the pandemic. A homemaker may have lost their spouse. Some may have no choice but to watch their children or loved ones due to the aftermath of the pandemic.

Folks are still trying to rebound from medical bills, late rent payments, owing taxes and college loans.

Republicans are white nationalists without a conscience. Washed Up 45's presidency and Republican controlled governments killed millions of Americans. President Joe Biden has a slim majority in Congress and things can't be done with obstruction from both parties.

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.