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OnlinePoker

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2. He seems to be cherry picking the data.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:03 PM

7 hrs ago

Yes, the unemployment rate has gone up to 4.6%, but the number of people in the labor pool has gone up by over 3 million since November 2024 and the number of employed people have gone up by 2.56 million. This doesn't indicate to me a shrinking of job opportunities because of AI as he claims. Also, 2.6 million of the increased labor pool is people reentering which would seem to indicate a positive attitude towards the economy.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.a.htm

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USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs [View all] TexasTowelie 11 hrs ago OP

Marking to watch later BlueWaveNeverEnd 11 hrs ago #1

He seems to be cherry picking the data. OnlinePoker 7 hrs ago #2

I have a different perspective about your last statement: TexasTowelie 2 hrs ago #3

Graph of consumer confidence - not a "happy days are here again" picture progree 2 hrs ago #5

Quite a contrast from the headline nonfarm payroll numbers progree 2 hrs ago #4