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Big jobs report.

For the month of January, the U.S. added 467,000 jobs despite the coronavirus pandemic. 

On top of that, the great resignation is in full effect. As many states are slowly increasing their minimum wages, the U.S. still is stuck on a mere $7.85. With inflation being the No. 1 issue besides the coronavirus and gun violence, all the good news is likely going to be overshadowed by the bad. We are showing a slow birth rate. We have over 925,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus.  The great culture war is dividing this country. 

The former president is still a troll despite losing his social media.

His incompetence is forgotten history. Now a competent president is in charge and the extremes are basically cheering for failure.

Due to the impact of the omicron variant, economists’ expectations for the latest jobs report had varied wildly. Some predicted a gain of 150,000 jobs, while others projected a loss of as many as 400,000 positions.

The report came two days after a report on private-sector payrolls found a loss of 301,000 jobs for the month, and one week after the White House took the highly unusual step of warning the nation to be prepared for a jobs report that “could look a little strange.”  

“If you think about omicron in early January, and the impact it was having in terms of the number of people who were out sick, we do expect there to be some real variation in the data,” National Economic Council director Brian Deese told CNBC last Friday. 

Weekly initial jobless claims data released Thursday showed a drop of 23,000, to 238,000, the second straight week of declines — but those decreases followed an upward creep that had been brewing for weeks, and threatened to torpedo the jobs rebound, at least temporarily. 

With its transmissibility and ability to evade vaccines — plus the millions of Americans who remain unvaccinated — the fast-moving omicron variant swept through chunks of the economy, bringing restaurants, Broadway plays, in-person schooling and other activities to an abrupt halt as people dropped out of the workforce temporarily because they were stuck at home sick, or caring for ill family members or children whose school or day care routines had been disrupted. 

“We have several million people out,” said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer for Commonwealth Financial Network. “I don’t think it’s a sign of economic weakness. I think it’s a sign of the omicron spread.”

A large amount of the data the BLS amasses for the monthly jobs report is collected around the 12th of each month — which, in January, happened to be when omicron was hitting its peak, still circulating in early-outbreak centers like New York while on the rise in many other parts of the country. 

In advance of the Friday release, economists had warned that predicting the month’s numbers with any degree of precision would be an exercise in futility. 

“We have no reliable way to estimate the scale of the damage due both to the temporary drop in demand for discretionary services and employee absence due to illness,” Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, wrote in a recent research note. 

“Covid has clearly created an environment where economists have struggled to come in some cases even remotely close to the actual number,” said Mark Heppenstall, president and chief investment officer at Penn Mutual Asset Management.

“It does seem as though people are feeling more comfortable about going out, going to restaurants… I would say that’s all very good news,” Heppenstall said, but he acknowledged that if the world has learned one thing over the past two years, it is that the pandemic could always have another trick up its sleeve. 

“There’s always news, it seems, about the next variant that may be around the corner,” he said. “If there were to be another variant where the severity would be worse, that would be something I’d think would potentially set us back with regard to moving towards a full reopening. Hopefully that isn’t going to be the case, but trying to predict Covid and the various twists and turns… has been pretty tricky.”

Of those 467,000 jobs there is 50 states, five territories, the District of Columbia and military bases established across foreign lands. The jobs are scattered across the country and the areas that see the results reek in benefits while others are wallowing Away jobs because of demographic changes.

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 Hunter Biden.
11. The relentless talk about spending despite the former president's reckless things.
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 UNQUALIFIED
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 PUBLICLY 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.

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.