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Johnny2X2X

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30. I'm old enough to remember

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:21 PM

11 hrs ago

Well, we're all old enough to remember, because it was just a couple years ago.

But the jobs report was about to come out and economists were expecting over 300,000 new jobs, the report disappointed and the economy only produced like 188,000 jobs that month. It was in the headlines for weeks, "Biggest miss in history", "The jobs market implodes!" It even made local news casts as some disaster. "Oh no, only 188,000 jobs added, time to panic!!!"

And now, Trump added 181,000 jobs in the entire year last year. It was a complete implosion of the jobs market. The media should be flaying him, this is big news. Trump absolutely devastated the jobs market, and here we are, the media pretending 130,000 is great and totally ignoring that in 2025 we basically added no jobs for the year.

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BLS jobs report revises 2025 down to +181,000 total jobs added for the year [View all] Johnny2X2X 18 hrs ago OP

Yet the billionaires Trump sycophants keep artificially inflating the Stock Market. Chasstev365 18 hrs ago #1

What you're seeing is a total divorce for working people and economic indicators Johnny2X2X 18 hrs ago #3

It's not billionaires doing that, it is us WSHazel 17 hrs ago #4

If you believe this report, UpInArms 18 hrs ago #2

Does this count all the jobs lost? nt leftyladyfrommo 17 hrs ago #5

We need to add 140,000 jobs per month to keep up with population growth Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #6

There is no statistical justification for pulling 800,000 jobs out of 2024 WSHazel 17 hrs ago #7

You have no clue what you're talking about Wiz Imp 17 hrs ago #12

Slow your roll WSHazel 16 hrs ago #15

There was a change in how small businesses are calculated EdmondDantes_ 16 hrs ago #16

I get that for the most part WSHazel 15 hrs ago #18

Last time I respond to you but to repeat, you have no clue how the Benchmark revision process works. Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #21

I understand what the words say WSHazel 15 hrs ago #23

Extremely weak & misleading explanation. Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #19

Not necessarily. EdmondDantes_ 14 hrs ago #28

Wow! Dunning Kruger in action! Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #17

Are you being deliberately obtuse? WSHazel 15 hrs ago #20

Right here: Wiz Imp 15 hrs ago #22

Just so we are aware of your position WSHazel 15 hrs ago #25

🙄 Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #26

One final thing. Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #27

Not a hard concept WSHazel 3 hrs ago #31

I do not believe we added 130,000 jobs in January 2026 OrlandoDem2 17 hrs ago #8

That's not a good number Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #9

How has unemployment not gone higher? Johonny 17 hrs ago #10

It's risen some, like a half point Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #11

Media making it sound like these job numbers Johonny 16 hrs ago #13

These numbers are a total disaster Johnny2X2X 16 hrs ago #14

Because many people, myself included, just stop looking TexasBushwhacker 15 hrs ago #24

MaddowBlog-New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #29

I'm old enough to remember Johnny2X2X 11 hrs ago #30