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Old 11-14-2020, 08:05 PM   #6226
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Originally Posted by GirlySports View Post
While true the unemployment rate doesn't always tell the story. For example, if you're expended all your EI benefits, you're no longer unemployed.
I am not sure if I understand this sentence. Are you saying that unemployment statistics only include people accepting EI benefits? I could be wrong, but I don't think that is true. I know for sure it isn't true in every country.

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And again, I'm not sure the generational argument fits in this case because it is the middle aged people 35-50 who are being unemployed, their jobs are phased out or they're just not able to re-train, technology has passed them by.

The generational people that are upset at the previous generation today? They are voting overwhelmingly Democrat.
If they are looking at past generations and thinking that they are in a unique situation, then my comment stands. This has been going on since the Industrial Revolution. It's what happens when you go full capitalism. Electing a guy like Donald Trump is the absolute worst thing they could have thought of. Tired of losing your jobs because of immigrants and foreign trade? I know, let's elect the business man with a history of hiring undocumented cheap labour and buying steel from China! Great idea!
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