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US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by gzread »

zjsisba wrote: post #309
epistasis wrote: post #197

Mass deportation means economic contraction. The administration has promised to deport millions of people. Mass deportations on this scale will have a somewhat drastic effect, and the true mass deportation hasn't even started, because they haven't built enough concentration camps to facilitate the deportations. Unless it is stopped the job losses will be absolutely massive, and a tiny tiny footnote to the massive hum…

This is actually why Trump won’t do them, by the way. He’s already changed his rhetoric to “criminals only”. Trump is completely captured by business interests and is not America First. Mass immigration is the billionaire first position. Younger generations understand this, so we likely won’t see some change for a bit, but it is coming. And it makes sense - they’re the ones suffering most from unfettered immigration.…

Which birthright?

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Post by selimthegrim »

nixon_why69 wrote: post #772
reactordev wrote: post #754

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Or they can go to St Augustine, New Orleans, or mid Manhattan to also get that Euro-Architecture feel (sort of). Having been to Europe, no comparison. Nothing prepares you for walking along a city street then “oh fuck, a castle…” and learning that it is now, the city’s government building. Cool… (Stuttgart, you’re awesome)

New Orleans is pretty far from the northeast, and Montreal has the 18yo drinking age if you're in the 18-21 age bracket.

New Orleans has had about a 20-30% falloff at least in receipts

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Post by gzread »

doomslayer999 wrote: post #598
Pxtl wrote: post #252

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HN will moderate you for being loudly political unless it's for anarcho-capitalism.

Maybe back in the old days. Now its just liberal and neo-liberal shills.

So capitalism and anarcho-capitalism.

It's not quite the same as bluesky. On bluesky it's all status quo stuff, on HN it's disruptinf the status quo but within the existing system.

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Post by maxerickson »

robocat wrote: post #499
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #431

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Healthcare was carrying the economy. Any commentary on why that’s failing?

Healthcare is a cost not a profit in the economy: the Healthcare sector consumes what is produced by other parts of the economy. Similarly government can't exist without businesses. And a large part of healthcare is dependent on taxation.

What do you do about the modest amount I spend on blood pressure medicine making me feel better all the time, which probably makes me more productive at work?

I'm getting more benefit than the cost of that healthcare (I'm asserting that this is true, I feel a lot better with the medicine) and that ends up feeding into the economy.

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Post by learingsci »

nradov wrote: post #662
tremon wrote: post #615

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That topic should be a non-starter as long as US government policy is to keep shitting in the food bowl. There's way too many communities living under the toxic spill or waste of some unregulated industrial process -- and the country seems perfectly ok with that kind of "lifestyle". I really don't see why we should villify individual lifestyle choices when the entire country is happy with intentionally harmful policy…

OK cute rant but do you have a realistic proposal? I absolutely agree that we should do more to reduce exposure to toxins but there's no legal mechanism for health plans to shift costs that way. Ultimately some of the money spent caring for others with lifestyle-related chronic conditions is going to come out of your pocket through insurance premiums and taxes. This is inevitable. Are you willing to pay more for peop…

Desk jobs like programming are nearly as bad as smoking based on some of the research I’ve seen. We could just make smokers and programmers pay higher taxes. I guess smokers already do; learned recently that cigarettes are like $10 a pack, a few thousand per year for the average smoker. Not sure how best to tax programmers though.

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Post by Saline9515 »

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!".

What is the incident? The security guard being nice?

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Post by astura »

sandworm101 wrote: post #177
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.

Look into your state's recall procedures. Waiting for the next election is effectively acquiescence to the current situation.

My State has no recall procedures, that doesn't exist, the same is true for the majority of states.

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/recall-of-state...

Beyond that, my state is not the problem.

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