I seen a comment on the other site saying “the verified, tax-paying EMPLOYMENT level, as opposed to Unemployment level, is currently 53%”
Would be interesting to see what that level has been at through the years to get an idea of where we actually stand.
I know the current unemployment reporting is completely inadequate with gig work/underemployment and people simply giving up not being counted in the official numbers.
if they weren’t serious, there wouldn’t be a deal.
Yeah I guess they wouldn’t be working on the 20th sanctions package if they weren’t serious /s
These cute little deals and sanctions packages are rolled out periodically to make it look like they’re doing something substantial to counter Russia.
In reality they’re easy political wins that don’t make many waves, in Russia or with EU voters.
The proof is in the outcome, 4 years on since the full invasion and Putin is as emboldened as ever. Maybe we just need to wait for the 21st sanctions package to hit, maybe then he’ll rethink things.
We’re coming up on the 4 year anniversary of the invasion. If Europe wanted to use these assets they would have done so already. The willingness just isn’t there.
That’s a choice. And it’s Belgium, the rest of Europe could have pressured them into doing the right thing but they’re not that serious about Russia so they didn’t.
Oh they could have used them. They chose not to.
Definitely shameful, I was hoping to see Europe develope a spine in the wake of the US losing theirs. That was wishful thinking.
That sentiment sums up the average persons outlook in the 90s well. We overdosed on optimism.