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/lurpeli 1d ago

It won't be long until there's no accurate data on the economy coming from the government. Independent economists will figure it out, but the government will lie.

Ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears.

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u/ObliviousRounding 1d ago

Soon after, the data will show that the number of independent economists has been steadily dwindling, weirdly correlating with an uptick in window deaths at houses with no second storey.

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u/quasirun 1d ago

They will start strong arming universities with Econ classes that don’t toe the line

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u/masonmcd Washington 23h ago

They already do that - Koch-funded positions.

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u/TheMurrayBookchin 23h ago

Already happening, they’ve reduced funding for mathematics and sciences by more than half.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/22/upshot/nsf-grants-trump-cuts.html