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WarGamer

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16. you keep talking about the 21-25 numbers but as we both know those are HUGE asterisk years.

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 04:15 PM

18 hrs ago

21-23 were COVID recovery years and in no way represent normal economic growth.

In 2023, the BLS estimated that approximately 10 million jobs will be added over the NEXT ten years (2024-2034)... that's... ~800k/year

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BREAKING: Jobs report just released. Better than expected [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday OP

So they knew the numbers in advance and set expectations low newdeal2 Yesterday #1

To take away attention about revised very low 2025 job creation..they are crafty BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #4

Yeah I haven't had a chance to read the news yet but that's what I assumed newdeal2 Yesterday #14

2025 revised down to 181,000 jobs total for the year. Johnny2X2X Yesterday #2

They cooked the books in 2025..correcting now under cover of fake 26 numbers BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #5

No, the numbers are stll legit Johnny2X2X Yesterday #7

Ok..good to know BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #9

And the head of the BLS he tried to seat didn't get in Johnny2X2X Yesterday #10

you keep talking about the 21-25 numbers but as we both know those are HUGE asterisk years. WarGamer 18 hrs ago #16

Holy crap. That is beyond awful. ms liberty Yesterday #12

Who can believe anything put out by this administration? sop Yesterday #3

This is what I was gonna say too.....I don't believe ANYTHING it says. BASTARDS. a kennedy Yesterday #6

Trump has been so bad at jobs that an objectively disasterous report is seen as beating expectations Johnny2X2X Yesterday #8

Companies are bleeding jobs. Norbert Yesterday #11

I don't believe this for one second! OrlandoDem2 Yesterday #13

MaddowBlog-New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #15

Reality: 800,000+ layoffs this year -- the worst YTD since 2020, per nonpartisan analysts. LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #17