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These "people " are insane. Lochloosa Apr 2025 #1
Will Bessent pay these people's expenses Henry203 Apr 2025 #2
Not only that, but many of these laid-off workers have not only college degrees-- allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #7
Yep. We need to put those high falutin' knowledge workers in their place Iris Apr 2025 #12
Yes, a ridiculous idea Meowmee Apr 2025 #14
Those good -- though too often mythical jobs -- that both sides have been promising for decades. Silent Type Apr 2025 #3
Sounds like something Mao did newdeal2 Apr 2025 #4
This. It's really chilling. Iris Apr 2025 #13
I would imagine most laid off federal workers have education and experience karynnj Apr 2025 #5
That man is a real fucking bastard. Biophilic Apr 2025 #6
This guy is an annoying bullshit artist to say BootinUp Apr 2025 #8
That last little dig he made about how private business was already in a allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #9
Do you really believe private business was in a recession arthritisR_US Apr 2025 #19
Fuck you, Bessent. alarimer Apr 2025 #10
Right, a cancer researcher is now supposed to work in a factory job Meowmee Apr 2025 #15
I used to hire such folk. Mopar151 Apr 2025 #11
What new manufacturing I've hard about nothing except a non-existent Honda plant. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #16
How magnanimous of him! Fired and "laid-off" workers can have all those nonexistent manufacturing jobs. Solly Mack Apr 2025 #17
Of course all these new factories Retrograde Apr 2025 #18
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