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IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts) Fri Jul 4, 2025, 03:37 PM Jul 2025

Forbes: Nearly 2 MILLION Americans are on Unemployment, Highest since Pandemic

Losses in service jobs sparked the first negative job growth in two years.
— Forbes (@forbes.com) 2025-07-04T10:15:06Z

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/07/04/the-most-americans-are-on-unemployment-nearly-2-milllion-since-pandemic/?

Just wait until hospitals,clinics, and nursing homes around the country start shutting down. And the tariffs really have only just started affecting prices. Great Depression 2.0 Yay!

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Forbes: Nearly 2 MILLION Americans are on Unemployment, Highest since Pandemic (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 2025 OP

Good news Trump his driven the dollar down 10 percent Johonny Jul 2025 #1

Trump will take this as a cue to abolish unemployment benefits. Midnight Writer Jul 2025 #2

Johonny

(26,618 posts)

1. Good news Trump his driven the dollar down 10 percent

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Fri Jul 4, 2025, 03:41 PM

Jul 2025

And increased taxes so we all losing employed or not. But at least rich people will still be rich

Midnight Writer

(25,752 posts)

2. Trump will take this as a cue to abolish unemployment benefits.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 04:02 PM

Jul 2025

"Hunger is a powerful motivator!"-Some Tennessee lawmaker, whose name I have erased from memory, talking about how the food stamp program causes people to not get jobs. Because they are all living high on the hog with that sweet 6 dollars of food per day that the program provides.

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