Americans don’t need the president to tell them that jobs are easy to find now. What they’re not happy about is what jobs are paying. My Washington Post column:
President Biden devoted much of his State of the Union address to making his case to a country that is deeply dissatisfied about the economy. He touted the job growth that has occurred on his watch, the infrastructure bill he signed, and the plans he has for cutting drug prices and ending “junk fees.” On all of those points, the public likely agrees with him. But he barely touched on the reasons for the public’s unhappiness. . . .