That may be true but as you know, unemployment does not last forever. I worked retail for the big bullseye at one point and was lucky to get anything near 32 hours outside of the Post-Thanksgiving period. Most of my weeks were 20-24 or so unless I picked up someone elses hours. A lot of folks are perpetually jerked by those companies and have to deal with being called in at odd times.
1000% to the bolded. I used to be Mr. 7 days a week working 3 jobs and that may have been to hit about 30k 12 years ago. In no fukking way was I unemployed. I've been unemployed. That is it's own type of hell. Not being able to afford to do fun shyt because every dollar is already going out to take care of bills is not "basically unemployed." I would rather be flat out unemployed. A great deal of Americans break their backs and still can't be guaranteed a meal or to not miss a bill payment if their car hiccups. Working poor is apropos.
As for the Gilded Age, yea, when he started talking about tariffs paying for everything, he is talking pre-government funded programs using taxed income. He wants to straight dustbowl the whole country with an 1800s Robber Baron swag. I am with you on a depression. Even a big recession could be enough to have people on the ropes.
