Pittsburgh region’s economy remains slow to recover from pandemic downturn (Erie: job openings, school)

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Independentthinking83

It’s an article from a conservative reporting baseless claim drivel and opinion. Please provide facts please.

Love the denial and cries of bias when you don’t agree, especially with the state doing so lousy to recover and leaving in droves.

This was in the article that you chose to ignore. https://www.bls.gov/brs/2020-results.htm

And here’s another

https://www.thecentersquare.com/penn...d2460.amp.html

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Love the denial and cries of bias when you don’t agree, especially with the state doing so lousy to recover and leaving in droves.

This was in the article that you chose to ignore. https://www.bls.gov/brs/2020-results.htm

And here’s another

https://www.thecentersquare.com/penn...d2460.amp.html

This was information from 2020 when Trump was still president. Why didn’t he do more to help the economy and combat the virus back then. You are posting stuff that happened on his watch. More jobs were lost under trump than anybody else. What is your point? I thought you liked Trump?

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Independentthinking83

This was information from 2020 when Trump was still president. Why didn’t he do more to help the economy and combat the virus back then. You are posting stuff that happened on his watch. More jobs were lost under trump than anybody else. What is your point? I thought you liked Trump?

Yep, from 2020 and the states with the live in fear folks and Governors like Wolf still haven’t recovered, but at least you admit it.

Lol. Because Trump let the Governors do what they’re paid to do. Unfortunately, some of them live in such fear that they shut their states down causing huge consequences, and folks are leaving many of those states in droves.

Yep, because Trump was/great. No skyrocketing violence and Bidenflation, no border crisis, no supply chain crisis, etc…, and most importantly no war. He also didn’t extend the free stuff when it wasn’t needed as there were a huge number of jobs available, and didn’t add even more to it and continue to let folks live rent free. Folks should’ve been back to work long ago, but I’m glad so many folks retired and are getting “waited on hand and foot”. On the bright side you may have a chance to move up since those meanie boomers retired.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Shutting it down caused a huge amount of folks to retire and the loss of tax revenue. More consequences of living in fear.

You're making absolutely zero sense.

Folks can only retire with sufficient amount of savings and/or income. "Shutting down" the economy (which is a huge exaggeration, by the way) would only deplete incomes, and thus delay retirement decisions.

If you're going to use right-wing talking points, they should at least be logical.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Duderino

You're making absolutely zero sense.

Folks can only retire with sufficient amount of savings and/or income. "Shutting down" the economy (which is a huge exaggeration, by the way) would only deplete incomes, and thus delay retirement decisions.

If you're going to use right-wing talking points, they should at least be logical.

Lol. You’re assuming folks don’t have enough money to retire.

If you’re going to try to deny talking points you should try to know what you’re talking about.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ret...abor-shortage/

Living in fear and shutting it down has consequences.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by erieguy

Love the denial and cries of bias when you don’t agree, especially with the state doing so lousy to recover and leaving in droves.

This was in the article that you chose to ignore. https://www.bls.gov/brs/2020-results.htm

And here’s another

https://www.thecentersquare.com/penn...d2460.amp.html

Are you eternally living Groundhog Day in 2020? It's now two years later, far removed from a pretty short-lived lockdown. Will conservatives ever move on?

Eighty-five percent of businesses temporarily closed during pandemic have reopened in milestone for recovery, Yelp says


The vast majority of businesses that temporarily closed during the COVID-19 pandemic have reopened, according to a new Yelp report.

Eighty-five percent of the businesses that shuttered from March 2020 through the third quarter are up and running, Yelp said, citing data on enterprises listed on its popular customer review site.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ed/8531808002/

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Duderino

Are you eternally living Groundhog Day in 2020? It's now two years later, far removed from a pretty short-lived lockdown. Will conservatives ever move on?



https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ed/8531808002/

Yep, less than 2 years later and affects are still being felt, hence the title of the thread.

15% is a huge number of businesses that haven’t reopened.

Lol at thinking it’s only Conservatives that make these points.

[Jbraybarten65]

Originally Posted by Duderino

Are you eternally living Groundhog Day in 2020? It's now two years later, far removed from a pretty short-lived lockdown. Will conservatives ever move on?



https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ed/8531808002/

Bingo.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Jbraybarten65

Bingo.

Lol. From the article:

“It may take us years to get back to pre-pandemic levels. We’re struggling to get employment back to those levels,” said economist Frank Gamrat, executive director of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, a think tank based in Castle Shannon.”

“The lingering impact of the covid pandemic remains the reason for the decrease in the number of those working or seeking work, which has been a constant since the pandemic restrictions took hold of the economy in March 2020. The statistics from the state’s Center for Workforce Information and Analysis shows 1.213 million people in the labor force in February 2020, compared to only 1.158 million this February.”

“Pandemic restrictions” aka shutting it down, has consequences.

[SteelCityRising]

What is this nonsense? There is a plethora of job openings going unfilled at the moment. My office is facing a critical staffing shortage. The fact that everyone who wants a job can find a job right now (unless they are incompetent) points to a very strong economy.