So, what was it about?

its a State of the Union address... its about a lot of things

its basically a summary of the last year's worth of political changes/goals

according to him he is doing an amazing job, everything is better (mostly because of him), and the US is more powerful now than it has ever been at any point in history

other countries suck and are liars... and he is going to build a wall no matter what because walls are awesome and solve all our problems

That sounds pretty par for the course then, lol

Trump kept shilling for Women and making more jobs for them like always

I liked the state of the union address

I think more jobs in general is a good thing

They won't be jobs for both genders though

They will be for women and women of color

There was some obligatory gynocentric pandering, yes.

He is no Ally to men 🚹

Better than Hillary but that's not saying much

True.

umemployment is no longer a 'good' indicator for the health of the economy

as economists are coming to agreement on

lol where do you see that? unemployment is definitely a major marker. not to mention, higher unemployment rates for men is an MR issue

that's being said no o make trump look bad, but it isnt an actual thing

consumer spending power is at depression era levels

whether or not you are employed no longer indicates if you are participating in a healthy economy

interesting, can you show me?

um... not quickly

thats fine

I recall seeing an article today about 40% of americans being one paycheck away from homelessness

let me find that

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/40-of-americans-one-step-from-poverty-if-they-miss-a-paycheck/

the working class has no financial safety net

oh yes, ive seen that. lower unemployment is still always better. the consumer spending issue is happening because a debt, and the two major culprits are university loans and credit card debt. when you hear 28 year olds with 150,000 in debt...they cant spend as much, they cant save as much, they cant buy homes, etc. but low unemployment is still always good

which means any sort of economic instability could be earth shattering

the banks are still doing the CDO nonsense, if you've ever seen "the big short".

well wage stagnation is also a problem

actual spending power of the minimum wage hasn't increased since the 70s

its only adjusted for inflation, not cost of living

to the same amount of money for the same jobs does not go nearly as far

thats a big reason for the shyhigh homelessness in cali. i swear is doubled here in L.A. obviously thats not the only reason, but its a big one.

its why you hear about people 'putting themselves through college' in the 70s but nowadays you hear about people being in debt for their entire lives to student loans

and they raised the minimum wage, but what employers do now is hire more employees for part time work and just rotate them, so they save on benefits and health insurance.

I recall seeing an article that the average career to college degree ratio for payoff is 30 years

so you'll spend 30 years paying off the education you purchased to get into your career

but its been awhile since I looked at those stats