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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 jacquesm »

hyperman1 wrote: post #335
cheesecompiler wrote: post #29

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There is a significant majority of people in Canada who not only vocally decided to not go to US but discourage their friends from doing so too. People have judged me for driving through the states.

Someone mentioned how they had to go to America for the job, and everyone worried for his safety. His answer: Don't worry, it is South America. Everyone felt better for him, then we all wondered how 1 year could cause such a flip.

That's all fine and good until your plane has to land in the United States for a medical emergency. If you are really concerned about this fly Air France through Bogota.

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Post by butILoveLife »

CoastalCoder wrote: post #271
butILoveLife wrote: post #233

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I like your ethic of thinking critically regardless of who's in power. Sincere question: do we have any stats on how (party in office) correlates with (government publications containing lies and/or misleading info)?

I don't know, but you may find it interesting to consider the 3 different types of probability(Karl Popper):

Intuition/Psychological/Subjective: Like 'there is a 70% chance I go to the gym today'. (They are probably similar for both GOP and Dems)

Subjective but relational: 'there is no clouds in the sky, so its unlikely to rain' (Trump's regime is more corrupt, so its likely to be more misleading than Obama)

Objective: 'there is a 1/6 chance I roll a 5 on the dice'. (There is no objective way to know)

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Post by cfloyd »

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.

This is a good analysis but I’ll say at least for me, it has been a lesser of two evils scenario. Both parties have some really crazy ideas and platforms. I loathe the two party system for this reason.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by jacquesm »

dawnerd wrote: post #255
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’ve been making an effort to visit Canada and Europe more instead of domestic US tourism. I used to go to Florida multiple times a year. Not anymore and you know, Canada is such a great place, am there right now on vacation.

Don't miss Algonquin park. It's amazing.

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Post by dixie_land »

cloverich wrote: post #295
jandrewrogers wrote: post #176

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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…

Which policies specifically? Certainly not the income tax on million+ income, seems pretty modest. We moved from TX. Property tax rate is low, no income tax sub million in income, schools are great (and almost all new), roads are fine and transit seeing massive investment. They definitely need to fix budget, but there's _ample_ wealth here to deal with it. I think they'll figure it out. _Oregon_ has bad policies (10%…

When did blatantly unconstitutional laws become modest?

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Post by Marsymars »

dmix wrote: post #166
dmos62 wrote: post #72

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An acquaintance had his phone taken away at a US airport by a border guard (or whatever you call them) for inspection. The guard went through his messaging apps, read chats. I understand the necessity for occasional physical searches for contraband or what have you, but reading private conversations is beyond what I can stomach. That, together with the infamous case of some guy being forbidden entry to US because he…

That happened to a friend of mine in 2010 so it's not a new thing.

Yeah I've never travelled internationally with my regular devices. I keep my last gen phone, a cheap LTE/5G tablet and a Chromebook as travel devices with limited data that I wipe/reload before/after crossing borders.

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Post by dzonga »

the economy has been shedding jobs back to back now - since nov 2024.

however due to the incompetent and corrupt powers that be - a lot of the news has been suppressed, and even the head of BLS fired.

everyone is struggling - but I guess the economy is doing well coz of the "stock market" as we're told

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Post by downrightmike »

phkahler wrote: post #101
paxys wrote: post #13

If the government-approved numbers are this bad the real ones must be catastrophic.

>> If the government-approved numbers are this bad the real ones must be catastrophic. Sadly my first thought was not to trust this report. The article even notes further down: >> The US central bank would typically respond to a weakening labour market by cutting borrowing costs, in hopes of giving the economy a boost. Our fearless leader has put enormous pressure on the Fed to lower interest rates from day 1. They k…

They always revise the numbers later after the headlines fade.

Re: US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by jacquesm »

bluecalm wrote: post #291
TwoNineA wrote: post #55

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Last year we cancelled a planned US vacation, this year we didn't even think about it. Going back to Europe two years in a row. I don't give a fuck about tariff policy of our supposed "friends" but when our "friend" repeatedly threatens our independence and sovereignty, no thanks. Not going to step into the USA for a long time.

For me it's not about politics at all. Just the thought of going through TSA and immigration is enough to discourage me, especially when I can hop on a plane to Spain, Italy or Cyprus and face 0 inconveniences along the way.

Cyprus is probably best avoided right now.

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Post by morkalork »

bluecalm wrote: post #291
TwoNineA wrote: post #55

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Last year we cancelled a planned US vacation, this year we didn't even think about it. Going back to Europe two years in a row. I don't give a fuck about tariff policy of our supposed "friends" but when our "friend" repeatedly threatens our independence and sovereignty, no thanks. Not going to step into the USA for a long time.

For me it's not about politics at all. Just the thought of going through TSA and immigration is enough to discourage me, especially when I can hop on a plane to Spain, Italy or Cyprus and face 0 inconveniences along the way.

The whole social media history and phone searching thing makes me nervous, you're one bad-taste meme about Charlie Kirk and a butt-hurt CBP agent away from a very long and painful detention process.
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