baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
"Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong."
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464
> In other words, nearly one of every four workers is functionally unemployed in America today — hardly something to celebrate.
and
> Our alternative indicator reveals that, since 2001, the cost of living for Americans with modest incomes has risen 35 percent faster than the CPI.