NEW: American teenagers are reportedly facing the worst summer job market since the 1940s.

@Polymarket It dropped 1.3% @grok what percent of teens participate in the job market today vs 1940?

@Polymarket While the nonfarm payrolls has surged this May

@Polymarket Worst summer job market since the 1940s but TikTok influencers are making more than their grandparents did in a decade. The real crisis is nobody wants to teach teens that "content creator" isn't a backup plan, it's the plan that ate the backup.

@Polymarket That can't be right? Are we in the middle of a world war and a global recession?

@Polymarket And too many of them are going to college which doesn’t help them at all

@Polymarket "Trust in the plan" ~ Trump

@Polymarket Because the illegals are getting those jobs.

@Polymarket theres no need to hire dem .. keep them on the sidelines til morale improves

@Polymarket Hard to build a career when the starting line keeps moving further away

@Polymarket wtf do you mean teens in the 40's could start a life long career with defense contractors for their first summer job. It's ok a draft will fix all the problems with the economy as it always does. lol..

@Polymarket the entry level job market collapsing for teenagers is the leading indicator that most economists won't talk about until it shows up in adult unemployment data two years later, the skills and work ethic that summer jobs used to build don't have an obvious replacement

@Polymarket The real minimum wage is zero. No one is going to pay $20/hr to a teenager without any work experience or job skills. This is the direct result of raising the minimum wage.

@Polymarket We had fast food restaurants to work at when I was a kid. Or bagging groceries etc

@Polymarket This has nothing to do with it, I'm sure.

@Polymarket Entry-level jobs are often the first to disappear in uncertain markets.

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@Polymarket We need to invest and build our youngest generations up

@Polymarket Imagine all teens can do Uber Eats, instead everyone trying to feed their families from uber

@Polymarket Not everyone is seeking physical jobs, everyone's out for the internet money right now

@Polymarket Hmmm perhaps deport all illegals and the job market will greatly improve for Americans

@Polymarket "Reportedly" I could say teenagers are getting richer then ever this summer, and that would hold just as much water as this statement. Nonsense statements made with zero evidence.

@Polymarket But everything is fine. There’s no recession. Job numbers are great. Peace through strength. Trust the plan

@Polymarket But Trump says economy is doing great lmaooooo

@Polymarket It’s all about making connections - it’s who you know or who your parents know. If a parent owns their own business the teen can work for the parent and pay zero taxes up to a certain amount! And the parent pays zero payroll taxes.

@Polymarket 🤔 I wonder why?

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@Polymarket The whole market tightened, not just summer gigs. When applicants outnumber openings, the people who get through are the ones who show up specific instead of spraying the same resume everywhere.

@Polymarket This is why getting into investing is so important with the rise of AI replacing jobs you need to learn to make money on your own

@Polymarket teen summer job market collapsing while ai automates entry level work. this one actually matters long term - that's where most people learn that work has consequences.

@Polymarket That's not just a youth problem. That's a signal about where the economy may be heading next.

@Polymarket Yikes . I had no clue they meant this was the Golden Age. Vote Blue for God Sakes

@Polymarket @leslie_hileslie Sounds like bullshit considering new jobs were double expectations and many companies committed to hiring summer help.

@Polymarket It's because a lot of the companies don't hire in-house anymore. They contract out making for less liability. Remember when my company got bought out and I was one of the lucky ones they kept and they replaced all the employees with 1099 workers.

@Polymarket "The economy is booming!" - Trump administration

@Polymarket Well most of them are too fragile or lazy to work.

@Polymarket When boomers are delivering Amazon packages 📦 in an Acura SUV in my neighborhood… there is a canary in the coal mine

@Polymarket Because they’re retarded and have zero knowledge of what “work ethic” is.

@Polymarket BS. shops are hiring all over America. Kids have no work ethic anymore.