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groundloop

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4. AND on top of this fiasco the US workforce has shrunk by over 1.5 million workers......

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Tue Sep 2, 2025, 07:51 PM

Sep 2

thanks to a combination of ICE kidnappings (aka detention and deportations), people (both legal and otherwise) fleeing the country, Musk firings, etc. etc.

All I can say is that I'm is semi-decent shape to weather a recession and I just hope that magats will be hurt worse than me. I feel sorry for everyone else though, they don't deserve this.

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US manufacturing contracts for sixth straight month amid tariff drag [View all] groundloop Sep 2 OP

"Blame us. This mess is all our fault." - G.O.P. BoRaGard Sep 2 #1

The adjustment factor everyonematters Sep 2 #2

Conservatives tell me agin who is paying for those tariffs. republianmushroom Sep 2 #3

AND on top of this fiasco the US workforce has shrunk by over 1.5 million workers...... groundloop Sep 2 #4

Tariffs throttle economic activity. Aussie105 Sep 3 #5