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wiggs

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15. With tech layoffs, tariff-related farm problems, deportations, safety net cuts, fed govt layoffs,

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 02:23 PM

5 hrs ago

cuts to fed research programs, cuts to alternative energy industries, loss of tourism travel here, increases in credit card spending....how would it be possible to avoid an economic downturn?

Seems to me there is almost no good economic news

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mass layoffs announced in tech sector: Meta (10%), Intuit (17%), Linkedin 500 jobs, Cisco (5%), Amazon [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd 21 hrs ago OP

This makes me very anxious. william clinton 21 hrs ago #1

I understand you very well ajie 21 hrs ago #4

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #13

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #14

A coincidence that these same companies are investing big time in AI and datacenters? OAITW r.2.0 21 hrs ago #2

it's complicated, but no coincidence that all three are making big investments in AI (directly or indirectly) Amishman 5 hrs ago #18

Eaten alive by their own creation. RandySF 21 hrs ago #3

Intuit, not Inuit. eppur_se_muova 20 hrs ago #5

LOL mr715 19 hrs ago #6

thank you... I will correct BlueWaveNeverEnd 18 hrs ago #12

Software engineer was hard to get in at A&M 5 years ago Melon 19 hrs ago #7

Many of these companies don't have a clue what they're doing fujiyamasan 18 hrs ago #8

COVID was 6 years ago. C Moon 18 hrs ago #11

But the recovery last much of 2022 and into 2023 Johonny 4 hrs ago #19

Yes, I thought about that possiblilty after I replied. Thanks! C Moon 3 hrs ago #20

I've been depositing checks via my phone, and every other check has issues... C Moon 18 hrs ago #9

I refuse to use my phone for any banking operations...nt Wounded Bear 5 hrs ago #16

Is it really AI or is that just a pretext? nuxvomica 18 hrs ago #10

With tech layoffs, tariff-related farm problems, deportations, safety net cuts, fed govt layoffs, wiggs 5 hrs ago #15

Obviously listening to the wrong sources... Wounded Bear 5 hrs ago #17