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Wiz Imp

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2. To be clear, he'll blame this on the BLS Commissioner he already fired.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 10:31 AM

Sep 9

These revision do not really paint Trump's administration in a bad light - at least on the surface and not yet. This revision level (reminder, it's just an initial estimate and the final revision was about 400,000 smaller last year than the prelim estimate), is for March 2025. So the overestimates occurred almost entirely during the Biden administration. That's not saying that the BLS Commissioner did anything wrong, she didn't. But Trump will say this proves she was making the numbers higher for Biden than they really were and doing it on purpose. I don't think this will prompt any additional "firings" unless he tries to dissolve BLS altogether, or end the CES program which I wouldn't put past him.

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Job growth revised down by 911,000 through March, signaling economy on shakier footing than realized [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 9 OP

Who is getting fired for this one? IronLionZion Sep 9 #1

To be clear, he'll blame this on the BLS Commissioner he already fired. Wiz Imp Sep 9 #2

A graphic depiction EYESORE 9001 Sep 9 #3

Time for the a new head of the agency. One per month until the numbers "improve". twodogsbarking Sep 9 #4

Yup, sounds like the beatings will continue durablend Sep 9 #5

There's really no reason for Trump to be upset at these numbers Wiz Imp Sep 9 #6

He can blame it on The Flintstones. People would suck it up. twodogsbarking Sep 9 #7

The beatings will continue until morale improves IronLionZion Sep 9 #11

This will be blamed on Biden. Trump will probably take credit progressoid Sep 9 #8

It already has from his pathologically lying, cult worshiping sychophant press secretary. AZ8theist Sep 9 #12

It's impossible to pinpoint exactly where the numbers got off track due to the nature of the different BLS programs Wiz Imp Sep 9 #13

Clear signal they intend to cook numbers going forward JCMach1 Sep 9 #9

Oh, damn, who gets fired today ? republianmushroom Sep 9 #10

Anyone looking for the month-by-month revisions, with the hope of finding out how much of the 911k revision progree Sep 9 #14

Is CNBC A Reliable Source? DallasNE Sep 9 #15

CNBC (obviously associated with Comcast/NBC/MSNBC) BumRushDaShow Sep 9 #19

Reminds me of the scene from "Trading Places" BaronChocula Sep 9 #16

So, Trump's team revised Biden's numbers down? 33taw Sep 9 #17

Are we sure this isn't The Felon/Rapist "cooking the books" to make Biden look worse? lastlib Sep 9 #18