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In reply to the discussion: The upcoming job losses will be unlike anything the US has ever seen [View all]machoneman
(3,952 posts)12. "Tomorrow morning the Treasury will release."....NOTHING!
Watch for Mnuchin to claim:
-the dog ate the numbers
-we're having some technical difficulties
-Trump asked for a 90 day delay. Wouldn't want to scare the markets now would we?
-Ben Carson said the data had been infected.
-Betsy DeVos said she didn't understand the results as math wasn't her stromg suit.
-Susan Collins said what the fuck, we're rooting for Trump no matter what.
All very sad, for sure.
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The upcoming job losses will be unlike anything the US has ever seen [View all]
MoonlitKnight
Mar 2020
OP
I was reading an economist the other day (forget which) who stated that the very thing
Hestia
Mar 2020
#17
He'll end his term with the highest unemployment and lowest stock market seen in modern times.
LudwigPastorius
Mar 2020
#18
The highest rate of U.S. unemployment was 24.9% in 1933, during the Great Depression.1
MoonlitKnight
Apr 2020
#41