President Joe Biden played up his economic agenda in a speech touting August’s jobs report.
Biden took credit for helping the economy recover from pandemic-related shutdowns and for creating 1 million jobs beyond pre-coronavirus levels.
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“People are coming off the sidelines, getting back to their workplaces,” he said. “Job satisfaction is higher than it’s been in 36 years.”
The president also touted record low unemployment rates for black people, Hispanic people, women, military veterans, and workers without a high school diploma.
“We came into office to build the economy in a different way,” Biden said, “from the middle out and the bottom up.”
The economy added 187,000 jobs in August, beating expectations, though gains from previous months were revised downward and the overall trend is toward…
