You don't look at any one measure, you look at a variety of them to get a fuller picture
Indeed.
Number of families deemed to be in poverty: amongst the all time high.
Number of people on one form of government assistance or another: all time high.
Number of people out of the labor force: highest since the Carter regime.
But unemployment is low.
Yup, fake news.
Population is at an all time high
Lol yea, adjustment for population is needed by using ratios not nominal numbers.
Labor force is currently the biggest it ever was also.
Right, which is why you use RATE