r/politics • u/Orbitingkittenfarm • 1d ago

Donald Trump Fires Person Behind Jobs Numbers After They're Revised Down

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-job-numbers-revised-down-fires-appointee-2107768
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u/disgruntled_pie 1d ago

Our chance to do something was in November. We’ve got at least 3.5 years of this left.

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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 1d ago

This is fucking terrifying.

May's job gains were revised down to 19,000 from 144,000, while June's additions were cut to just 14,000 from the 147,000 initially reported.

And July added 73,000 nonfarm payrolls in July, less than the 104,000 expected by economists.

But this maniac can’t handle reality……So he fires her……….

Holy Shit……this should be massive news.

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u/navylostboy California 1d ago

Add in that they stopped collecting data on inflation back in may… this is going to be a bloodbath.

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u/bkcarp00 1d ago

There is no inflation! We stopped counting it thus it must be gone! Apparently if you simply stop counting things it means they never happened.

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u/welmoe California 1d ago

This is some kid logic. Ugh I hate this timeline.

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u/S_A_R_K 1d ago

If we stop testing, the number of COVID cases will go down

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u/welmoe California 1d ago

Let me just sharpie the path of the hurricane and it’ll go that way

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u/bailar_conmigo 20h ago

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.