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US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by hyperpape »

testfrequency wrote: post #4

I do not see the tourism industry mentioned here but I have to imagine that is a huge loss right now. Most of the world is not visiting the US right now which means projects and planning that was made in anticipation for summer has probably been halted or heavily reduced.

I am a US citizen living in Portugal. I have the right to go to the US, live there, etc.

I recently went back for a funeral, and I had to spend a moment reminding myself that it would be fine for me.

For people who don't have my passport, I wouldn't feel comfortable telling them "it will be fine", though I would still tell a European "the odds of a problem are relatively low." But I couldn't in all honesty say "there's nothing to worry about."

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by Luc »

onion2k wrote: post #117
testfrequency wrote: post #4

I do not see the tourism industry mentioned here but I have to imagine that is a huge loss right now. Most of the world is not visiting the US right now which means projects and planning that was made in anticipation for summer has probably been halted or heavily reduced.

Allegedly the biggest package tour operator in the UK has seen a 72% drop in holidays to the US for 2026.

That can't be right, the real figure is probably closer to 7%.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by heavyset_go »

CalRobert wrote: post #172
meeb wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They plug the phone into a computer and use software to literally clone it, so everything on the phone. All logs, emails, messages, photos, contacts, deleted files if they’re recoverable, passwords, everything.

Would an iphone in lockdown mode have any resistance to this?

I don't think we have access to all of the functionality of the devices, and all of the devices themselves, that are sold to governments.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by sandworm101 »

Retric wrote: post #118
iso1631 wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not the government that's the problem per-se, it's the fact half the US supports that government

This administration has terrible approval ratings. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump...

There are hard and soft approval ratings. The soft number is the count of how many people will vote for/against in the next election. The hard number is how many want a change today, how many will support recalling thier representatives in order to force change today. In that number, the current administration has widespread support.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by tenahu »

bdangubic wrote: post #95
ck2 wrote: post #37

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hey I know lets spend billon per day on war of choice for no reason for rest of year and make gas $5/gallon so even people who don't drive have to pay more for trucks going to stores and delivery oh and make old/ill people somehow work until they are sixty-five to get any food or medical assistance that should fix things right up xmas economic implosion inbound

The state of the Country is fully on display here when comments like this one are getting downvoted consistently... quite amazing (and sad) to see

How can one downvote on HN?

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by forinti »

testfrequency wrote: post #4

I do not see the tourism industry mentioned here but I have to imagine that is a huge loss right now. Most of the world is not visiting the US right now which means projects and planning that was made in anticipation for summer has probably been halted or heavily reduced.

I'm really anticipating what the World Cup will look like.

Sure, there will always be die-hard fans that will show up not matter what, but with so many teams, I bet we'll see empty stadiums for some matches.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by owyn »

dylan604 wrote: post #47
dfxm12 wrote: post #9

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I think failing at gambling (especially at a time when like 2 cities had a monopoly on gaming in the US) is bigger proof of his lack of acumen.

You say fail, but that's because you're looking at it from a "running a business" viewpoint. Instead, you have to look at "enrich personal wealth" viewpoint. It's possible to run a business into the ground while personally gaining financially. A failing business has some beneficial tax purposes. So people that think these failed businesses are a negative just need to look at them differently. They succeeded in their…

Yeah, the scam is to inflate the value of your properties, then claim a write-off when it fails. For "some reason" you can even use other people's money for the investments and claim the losses for yourself. Then you can use that as a deduction when you actually make money again. One scammer in particular pulled this trick for 10 years, rolling it forward and filing a $916 million loss with the IRS in 1995.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/d...

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