Even with unprecedented gains, the jobs market is still struggling to get back to normal

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There remains much work to be done to get America back to work again, even with the addition of 12.5 million jobs.

to end the year, the $20.9 trillion U.S. economy closed 2020 $814 billion smaller than it was the previous year. On an annualized basis, GDP contracted 3.5%, the worst growth rate since the end of World War II.keep buying stocks

In the jobs world, there are plenty of high hopes outside the areas still bearing the worst of the jobs crunch that happened in March and April 2020. Matt Godden, president and CEO at Seattle-based Centerline Logistics, is looking for workers in the marine transportation industry. Centerline operates at West Coast ports, providing fuel to ships that are bringing goods into the bustling Port of Long Beach near Los Angeles."We're really looking to the second half of the year being a pretty substantial uptick from what we were projecting the first half of the year to look like," he said. "Customers are really sticking with us.

One of the issues the system needs to address, Hansen said, is the idea that all students need to go to college. He also said schools are not providing adequate technology needed to adapt in the current workplace. Republicans, looking to avoid more burden on the strained national finances, are proposing a $618 billion that likely would not meet Biden's approval as it does not include $1,400 individual payments on which the president said he will not compromise.According to an analysis a few days ago by S&P Global Ratings, the economy returns to pre-pandemic levels by around the second quarter regardless of which plan gets approved.

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Governors need to get out of the way and let businesses be a business. If business steps out of line, then govern.

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