Truth

I keep hearing about the “jobs growth or jobs created” and was intrigued about the numbers. According to the the Labor Department, this number is calculated by taking all non-farming industries to see the growth of the economy. Surprisingly, this number in simple terms is the number of those on the payroll this month minus the number on their payroll last month, that is called jobs created. In January 2021, there were 7.1 million job openings, July 2021, there were 11.1 million openings and Dec 2021, 10.93 million job openings. Putting this together, in a simplistic way, that means that the jobs created is simply more people went back to work on jobs that were already there. With the incentives and mandates of the last year, there was no good reason to go back to work. As a side note, if you got a $1200 check, you paid or will pay $15K+ (tax payer money) for that check. Only 9% of the 1.9 trillion spending bill went to the people who qualified, and it continues. Question that I would have, what is that number of jobs created compared to jobs available. Doesn’t it make sense that jobs created should be a position that was not available and a person is needed to fill that position. Things sure have changed.