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[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

S&P 100 is up 44.1% since the end of May 2020.

[–]cunninglingus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep - and it's been interesting for me to see how this substantial growth in jobs and the economy is being avoided or spun in a racist direction by right wing media. Commentary on the Republican debate yesterday (via BBC in my case) addressed the interesting problem of candidates avoiding for the most part a proper discussion of a #1 issue for voters: jobs. Instead candidates pivoted to geopolitics and other matters, and to my knowledge this is relatively new (debates normally focus on jobs and domestic policy). We've seen a drop in full-time, permanent jobs for many years now in the US, which should get more attention. Companies also favor lower-wage international employees for many of the highly skilled jobs (H-1B visas). Would be great if politicians could address those problems.