[alkonaut]

> that this is the best employment opportunity for many drivers.

The best opportunity being a bad one was my reason for calling it "broken".

> Uh, ok

Unemployment alone wouldn't be a measure of a good labor market, but a good labor market can have high unemployment as an expected side effect. It's only a "better" situation, if the unemployed people are better off in that labor market too (i.e. social safety nets exist).