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re: Can we all agree the tariffs have been a disaster?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:40 pm to Indefatigable
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:40 pm to Indefatigable
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Is this where we pretend that any of the things people actually buy regularly are included in the inflation numbers? Energy and food aren’t.
you still melting about eggs?
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Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:41 pm to IMSA_Fan
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Well there’s an economic data point mark zandi missed
By choice?
How many others were missed?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:42 pm to IMSA_Fan
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I’m a lot more worried about the fact that there’s been almost no job growth over the last year
4% in 2024 vs 4.1% 2026. (Unemployment).
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:43 pm to IMSA_Fan
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I’m a lot more worried about the fact that there’s been almost no job growth over the last year
Does that factor in the decrease in government workers?
Because I voted for that.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:46 pm to DMAN1968
We’ve lost more 100k+ more jobs in manufacturing than in government employment. Did you vote for that?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:47 pm to BBONDS25
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you still melting about eggs?
No? I never did. We barely buy them, no one in the house really eats them.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:50 pm to BBONDS25
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4% in 2024 vs 4.1% 2026. (Unemployment).
Labor force participation rate
Jan-25: 62.6
Mar-26: 61.9
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:51 pm to IMSA_Fan
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We’ve lost more 100k+ more jobs in manufacturing than in government employment. Did you vote for that?
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As of May 4, 2026, the latest, most significant Labor Department data is the weekly unemployment claims reported on April 30, which fell to 189,000, the lowest in over 50 years.
Apparently they found other work.
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Job cuts are driven by economic pressures, automation, high costs, and EV supply chain adjustments. Notable cuts include Ford (KY), Nike (TN/MS), and packaging firms
EV supply chain adjustments...IE...government mandates/contracts. I did vote for that to go away.
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:53 pm to DMAN1968
Or left the labor force
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:55 pm to IMSA_Fan
What about the fact that the tarrifs were illegal and we are paying these corporations the money they took from us ?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:56 pm to IMSA_Fan
Those 2025 numbers have been Revised down bigly. When was the article written that you pulled from?
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 9:57 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:56 pm to Indefatigable
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LINK
Are you retarded? All of the world class chemical manufacturing since 2010 has been built in the USA.
There are chip manufacturing plants which were built near Dallas and some are being built near Houston right now. New Steel production has been built.
Try harder.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:57 pm to IMSA_Fan
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Well there’s an economic data point mark zandi missed
never heard of her.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:57 pm to IMSA_Fan
Negative.
And it's just some random tweet.
And it's just some random tweet.
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:57 pm to crewdepoo
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What about the fact that the tarrifs were illegal and we are paying these corporations the money they took from us ?
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:57 pm to IMSA_Fan
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Or left the labor force
11,000 boomers per day reach retirement age of 65. So yeah...they leave the market.
The rest are to lazy or lack any real marketable skill to even try to work. Subsidized by government handouts.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:59 pm to IMSA_Fan
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Or left the labor force
So you want to talk about tariffs being a “disaster”…….
Except you want to talk about job growth…..until you’re provided facts
And in the end you just want to bitch and engage in loser talk because that’s what you are…. A loser.
Again you’re right. That good illegal alien and government job growth you were getting under Biden coupled with 5-9% inflation was way better
Newsome will provide you that option to vote for again in a couple years. Maybe even throw in some homelessness and a debacle train or two.
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:59 pm to CitizenK
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There are chip manufacturing plants which were built near Dallas and some are being built near Houston right now. New Steel production has been built.
And we’ll still have to import both in enormous quantities.
We don’t have the workforce to make ourselves self-sufficient.
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 10:01 pm
Posted on 5/4/26 at 9:59 pm to IMSA_Fan
The tariffs have slowed our business, but I wouldn’t say it’s a disaster. With that said I would like to see a concrete plan with what we are going to do with the money. If we were going to use it to pay down the natl. debt I would be all for it, but if it’s just going to be extra money for congress to squander than no thanks.
Posted on 5/4/26 at 10:01 pm to Demonbengal
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If we were going to use it to pay down the natl. debt I would be all for it, but if it’s just going to be extra money for congress to squander than no thanks.
The amount we’ve collected in tariffs is basically a rounding error on the interest for the national debt.
A few billion “collected” is completely meaningless.
We’re running a $2T deficit. Nothing that starts with a ‘b’ is helpful.
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 10:03 pm
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