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@Husky2139 @WallStreetApes Fair point. The 42% is real. But so are 2 million unfilled openings. The mismatch isn't who's willing to work. It's what the work pays.

@OffByGame @WallStreetApes Did you miss the part that says "42% of Gen z grads are UNDERemployed?" It's not an expectation issue on the workers end.

Americans are finding its very hard to get a job in today’s job market “I just got denied from Walmart as a cashier. I have a f*cking master's degree, bro. I went to school for 12 years” He says he has applied for roughly 300 entry level positions with a masters degree “I have applied to over 300 companies and I've gotten response back from 11 of them. Why the f*ck do you think I'm applying to Walmart to be a cashier? Because no one is hiring. Why do you even post a job offering? You're not gonna hire anyone or respond.” Current job market data - Roughly 42% of recent college graduates (ages 22–27, bachelor’s or higher) are underemployed - This is also the case of advanced degrees - Right now data says it is not uncommon for job seekers to put in as many as 250 applications before getting a call back This is crazy

@PeterSchiff It takes the average renter 12 years to save a 20% down payment. Then you get to start paying the government for the privilege of owning it.

Taxing non-income-producing property is wrong. Homeowners should not be forced to work to pay "rent" to the government for the privilege of living in their own homes. Property taxes should only be levied on income-producing property, as the income provides a means to pay the tax.

@RedPill1991 @zachwillis57 Totally fair in the Midwest or South. MIT's number assumes savings + cushion, not just getting by.

@OffByGame @zachwillis57 That 1st number is wrong. If you’re single in the Midwest or South you could live pretty well on a bout 50k a year. I agree on the latter though. This is likely not an entry level position and is in fucking LA.

60k is fucking bananas

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How much do you think the best-selling watch in history costs? Hint: it outsold every Rolex, Omega, and Apple Watch combined.

@MorePerfectUS The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009. 17 years without a raise. The longest stretch in US history.

The pay of the richest Americans is rising rapidly, while the pay of poorer Americans is nearly flat. Three years ago the opposite was happening, per Bloomberg.

@Gallup Only 35 out of 100 workers think they're actually needed in most of their meetings. Time in meetings has tripled since 2020. We asked people to guess that number today. It didn't go well.

Only 20% of employees worldwide are engaged at work, down one percentage point from 2024. Two-thirds are not engaged (64%), and 16% are actively disengaged. New data from Gallup's 2026 State of the Global Workplace report: on.gallup.com/4sOpp0K

@unusual_whales The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 for 17 years. Longest stretch without a raise in US history.

The wealthiest 1% of Americans have seen far greater gains in the past 25 years than the bottom 50%, per NBC:

"But I have insurance" The most expensive assumption in American healthcare. offby.io

@TheAlphaThought Exactly. That's my point. One bad month and it's gone.

@OffByGame I mean, $8,000 in savings doesn’t sound like a lot at all tbh

The median American has $8,000 in savings. This includes savings & checking accounts. The median American is 39 years old. Isn’t that concerning?

@Forbes 41% of recent college grads were already working jobs that don't require a degree. Before AI. The degree wasn't the safety net people thought it was. AI just made it obvious.

10 College Degrees AI Is Making Redundant Right Now forbes.com/sites/jodiecoo… (Photo: Getty Images)

@stlouisfed 53% of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing. 62% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, including people making six figures. Inflation hits different when there's no margin left.

Income, housing, family composition, and age all shape inflation experiences, with renters and low-income households bearing bigger burdens bit.ly/4uPE0e1

@Reuters Median law grad starts at $95,000. Sounds great until you see the split. Half earn $60-85K. 23% earn $215K+. Same degree, completely different outcomes depending on which school you went to.

Does a law degree pay off? New study says yes reut.rs/47KUWs5 reut.rs/47KUWs5

@unusual_whales Median electrician salary: $62,350. Median plumber salary: $62,970. No college debt. The trades don't need Lowe's to validate them. The numbers already did.

"Lowe’s is investing $250 million to train plumbers, carpenters, and electricians as its CEO says skilled trades are ‘critical to the future’," per FORTUNE

@AndrewYang AI is projected to create 170 million jobs and eliminate 92 million by 2030. The net is positive. But the people losing jobs aren't the ones getting the new ones. That's the sentiment problem.

These charts are indicative of public sentiment - Americans need to see themselves actually benefiting from AI for things to shift the other direction.

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