Opinion: If the economy is so great, why are 78 million hustling for dimes?

[corbe]

Opinion: If the economy is so great, why are 78 million hustling for dimes?
Rex Nutting
 
6 hrs ago
 


Even though the official unemployment rate has dropped to a 19-year low of 3.9%, the economy is still broken for a great number of Americans who are living a precarious existence — nearly invisible and economically marginalized.

For millions of Americans, the security and income of a steady 9-to-5 job is as far out of reach as it was during the worst of the Great Recession. Some, of course, have simply given up on finding any job, discouraged about their employment prospects after so many years out of work.

Many others have resorted to scrambling for a buck here and a buck there, cobbling together a patchwork of irregular hours and side hustles.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/opinion-if-the-economy-is-so-great-why-are-78-million-hustling-for-dimes/ar-AAy6fsS?ocid=ientp

[Frank Cannon]

Oh. So now the gig economy is not good enough for Commies like this even though Obama, Pelosi and others bragged about it just a couple years ago.

Btw the economy added 18k manufacturing jobs since Trump.

[skeeter]

Oh. So now the gig economy is not good enough for Commies like this even though Obama, Pelosi and others bragged about it just a couple years ago.

Btw the economy added 18k manufacturing jobs since Trump.

Never forget how uberwealthy leftists define 'crumbs'.

A hint - the guy who cuts my grass makes $45 per hour.

[Jazzhead]

So 58% of all adults (adding up percentages in each row) reported earning income last month through one sort of side hustle or another?   Somehow that doesn't strike me as accurate.