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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 mixmastamyk »

forinti wrote: post #257
throw0101d wrote: post #249

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> I recently went back for a funeral, and I had to spend a moment reminding myself that it would be fine for me. Your passport does not matter, the colour of your skin does: "US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’": * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-... "A U.S. citizen says ICE forced open the door to his Minnesota home and removed him in his underwear af…

This reminds me of an incident with a friend of mine. He flew to the US and entered through Texas. He is white with blond hair and he was wearing a t-shirt very reminiscent of the Confederate flag. A security guard picked up his bag from the carousel, handed it to him, and very emphatically said "Welcome home, sir!".

How would a guard know who a bag belongs to?

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Post by Vegenoid »

jandrewrogers wrote: post #176
aliljet wrote: post #6

There's a vibe in at least the PNW that feels like the tech sector is sloughing jobs and avoiding creating new ones courtesy of AI. I genuinely wonder if that feeling is backed by reality and whether it's large enough to be translating into national statistics across all industries.

In Washington it is much broader than the tech sector. Washington is being buried in indefensibly bad legislation that is extremely hostile to large companies and tech companies of every size for openly ideological reasons. It has rapidly become one of the worst business environments in the country when it used to be one of the best. Many companies have stopped or reduced hiring in Seattle and are moving operations t…

Will you elaborate on the “indefensibly bad legislation”?

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Post by jacquesm »

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

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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...

Those are MUCH higher than they should be by now. It makes me wonder what the approval rating of a ham sandwich would be, and I would not be surprised if it was higher.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by esseph »

icecube123 wrote: post #337
gaoshan wrote: post #109

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Can't blame you. Coming from the US I have been making a point to vacation in Canada, fwiw. Short of voting, protesting and getting into arguments with MAGA people I don't know what else I can effectively do.

I surprised more US folks dont visit Canada, its amazing, much safer, and cheaper for them because of the exchange difference. Im guessing they see prices in CAD ($), and think its more expensive, but not realizing that $1 of theirs buys $1.35 CAD.

> I surprised more US folks dont visit Canada, its amazing, much safer, and cheaper for them because of the exchange difference.

1. A lot of people can't afford vacations right now

2. For people in the US, socially and culturally, there's not much of a "drive" or desire to visit Canada. I've worked for Canadian companies, etc. I've never once in my entire life heard somebody talk about visiting Canada. It's always someplace warm and tropical or it's Europe or Asia.

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Post by noisy_boy »

ryandrake wrote: post #299
mrbombastic wrote: post #224

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Agreed but we also have to stop saying "the majority support this" or "half the country supports this" it ain't true and leads people to feel hopeless.

Yet, if we re-did the election today, we'd have the same outcome. People might not support what is happening but they will never "vote for the other guy." I personally know people who disagree with everything that's going on, but they'll still vote (R) next time "because I'm a (R)," as if it's their intrinsic physical trait like hair color.

If only they were willing to change their affiliations as easily as they do change their hair color.

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Post by jacquesm »

greedo wrote: post #217
sandworm101 wrote: post #184

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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.

There is no mechanism for recall of Congressional officers.

No legal ones anyway.

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Post by MattRix »

forinti wrote: post #189
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.

Nope. As someone who has tried to get tickets, most of the matches are sold out, and even the least desirable matches are quite expensive.

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Post by m4tthumphrey »

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.

My partner and I were planning a West Coast trip for the World Cup this year for my 40th, but we decided to solely do Canada instead. Can't see how it won't end up being the best decision we've ever made.

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Post by Spivak »

Herring wrote: post #327

Since the end of WW2, and especially since the end of the Cold War, Democratic administrations have presided over significantly higher job growth than Republican administrations. https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.c...

Because The DNC actually is what the Republican marketing pamphlet claims to be, a mildly right leaning pragmatic pro-business party.
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