As the president struggles to get his economic plans agreed to by Congress, more bad news about the Biden economy came on Thursday from the Department of Labor via its weekly unemployment claims report that showed another increase in the number of Americans applying for jobless benefits for the first time. It’s the third straight week of increased new unemployment claims that reached 362,000 for the week ending September 25th when a drop in new claims was expected.
President Biden had promised that he would “build back better” and lead America out of the pandemic lockdowns that required businesses to close and pushed many to shutter permanently, but more than nine months into his administration, Biden has not managed to bring America back at all, let alone better. Instead, Biden’s presidency continues to take the country in the wrong direction.
Thursday’s report showing even more Americans were out of work indicates that the overall jobs numbers for September won’t be pretty. And that report might not even be the worst of it as even more employees are forced out of their jobs for choosing not to get vaccinated against the Wuhan coronavirus, though some terminated for choosing not to get the vaccine are ineligible for unemployment benefits.