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US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February

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Post by Sabinus »

tzs wrote: post #715
univacky wrote: post #226

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American here. I have to agree with this sentiment (without getting into the math of our deeply flawed election system). The administration could not do any of this without the support of Congress, which has not wavered. That support is unwavering because those elected officials are not getting negative feedback from their voters and donors, so they have every expectation that staying this course will work out just g…

Congress has received plenty of negative feedback from their voters. The intensity and frequency of Republican voters confronting their representatives over many administration policies (e.g., Medicaid cuts, ACA subsidy cuts, tariffs, Epstein, influence of unelected officials) when those representatives hold in-person town halls has led to representatives greatly reducing in-person town halls, replacing them with tel…

If that isn't reflected in the midterms then it's just theatre. Time will tell.

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Post by bitfilped »

JohnnyMarcone wrote: post #622
keldonjohnson wrote: post #581

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In big tech the benefits are the same, except you save more in 10 years in WA than people in London save in 30.

What about everyone else in society? What happens if your skill set is no longer in demand and you become one of "everyone else"?

Skill up.

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Post by gucci-on-fleek »

dnemmers wrote: post #691
gucci-on-fleek wrote: post #650

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Most Canadians are visiting Hawaii and California, not Arkansas and South Dakota, so the point still stands for the states most people are going to. (Although Florida and Arizona are both pretty popular destinations too, which somewhat contradicts my point)

South Dakota actually has a few decent tourist attractions west river: (Mt Rushmore, Badlands, Crazy Horse). With its proximity to Canada, and relative cheapness, likely pulls in quite a few tourists from up North. One additional South Dakota attraction (although lessening interest as of late) is how much hunting/fishing is available, and how much the community is interested in the ‘visiting’ hunter. https://sdvisit.…

Oh, I wasn't aware of that, thanks! I guess I was only thinking of warmer places, since that's where I tend to travel to. I personally live a bit too far north to drive to the US (in a reasonable amount of time), so I completely forgot that the US is close enough for a summer road trip for most Canadians.

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Post by smugma »

rconti wrote: post #585
icecube123 wrote: post #337

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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 don't visit Canada for the same reason I don't do a whole lot of touristy stuff here in the US: The travel costs aren't really _that_ much cheaper vs going somewhere more exotic like South America, Europe, Asia, etc, and it feels a bit too much like "home". Living on the west coast, Vancouver's the easiest to get to -- I love Vancouver (and Victoria), and I've been both places several times, and I've gone to Whistl…

Montreal is the exception to the rule about Canada not being differentiated enough from the US to encourage tourism. It really is quite different than anywhere in the US, it’s more like going to a funny speaking part of France without having to travel so far. They also mostly speak English, which makes it a bit less exotic but more convenient.

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Post by onion2k »

Luc wrote: post #491
onion2k wrote: post #247

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I don't think it's entirely due to US politics. The strength of the dollar against the pound, the perception of the US as not being a fashionable place to go, the fact that most news about the US in the UK media is either war, Epstein, or ICE, measured against some very competitive offers for other destinations that don't have those problems, makes me believe it's certainly a high percentage. FWIW in my teams (approx…

72% is just not a believable figure. I assume we're talking about TUI here, and they haven't announced anything about this 72% as far as I can tell.

TUI is German rather than UK-based, and they're not a package operator (although they do own several.)

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Post by burnt-resistor »

cheesecompiler wrote: post #29
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.

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.

Everyone not in the US, help us: boycott, divest, and sanction everything USAian to limit the power of the criminal regime and expedite regime change.

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Post by burnt-resistor »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #431
Rexxar wrote: post #419

Here is the official source: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/economicdata/empsit_03062026.pd... Some of the main categories (page 8 of the pdf): - Construction: -11.0k - Manufacturing: -12.0k - Transportation and warehousing: -11.3k - Private education and health services: -34.0k - Information -11.0k - Leisure and hospitality -27.0k It seems to go down in lots of different sectors.

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

Medicare rolled out prior authorization gatekeeping to kill more patients in 6 states: Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington to use the Orwellian-sounding "Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction" (WISeR) that is administered by unaccountable private corporations using AI to deny and delay care. Medicare is a corporate joke that people confuse for single-payer healthcare which it ain't, and so Medicare for all (M4A) would be awful. (Medicare "Advantage" is even worse.)

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Post by CalRobert »

angiolillo wrote: post #647
CalRobert wrote: post #293

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I live very close to Utrecht and I adore the city. We literally have kids in groups biking to the canal with fishing rods.

Sounds lovely. Our kids enjoyed the local bikepacking trips we did this summer, perhaps our next will visit the area. (In the off chance you have personal recommendations for bike touring companies/routes, let me know.)

I’m afraid I don’t but that sounds very nice!

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Post by ActorNightly »

0xy wrote: post #626
ActorNightly wrote: post #625

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Nice, all very biased sources and fake news. Good job being literally the epitome of what conservatives claim liberals to be. Every accusation is a confession.

Reuters and Politico are biased? The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which the Biden admin operated at the time, is 'biased' against him?????? Still waiting for that rebuttal.

If you understood logic, you wouldn't be a conservative.

The rebutal is that your president is a pedophile that tried to overthrow the government. Good luck defending that.

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