General Discussion

And every single person in this country would understand exactly what this means for them and their long term economic security.

This is a catastrophic jobs situation and it's going to be a slow moving wreck for the working class for years to come. Job creation is the most important metric for the economy because it's what drives all the other metrics.

No new jobs leads to higher unemployment. Leads to lower wages. Leads to more poverty and homelessness. Leads to less spending. Leads to less economic growth. Leads to even less jobs. It's the start of a death spiral that is incredibly hard to pull out of. 14 months of no job growth is a disaster, I don't think the average person gets how this is a much much bigger deal than the last round of inflation was.