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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Ahh, The Golden Age
Date: 12/16/25 10:25 AM
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Delayed job tallies for October and November, both of which were released today, showed the U.S. saw a net loss of 105,000 jobs in October.

Manufacturing -- Dozy Don promised to bring back manufacturing jobs -- lost 5,000 jobs in November, after a loss of 9,000 jobs in October.

The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, the highest unemployment rate in more than four years.

Black unemployment is 8.3%.

Youth unemployment is 10.4% (likely higher, that number is from September).

Republican spinmasters can twist the jobs numbers all they want to fool people, but the US unemployment rate is now the highest it’s been in 4 years.

Meanwhile the prices of orange juice, chicken breasts, bacon, and fresh ground beef were up $1.15 for 32 oz, 22 cents/pound, a nickel/pound, and 94 cents/pound, respectively.

The national average price for a gallon of gas is still a little under $3 per gallon (despite Doze Don claiming it's under $2 per gallon).

And all the trends are going in the wrong direction.

So much winning.

npr.org - Jobs employment labor market

nbcnews.com - Grocery price tracker inflation trends eggs bread trump administration
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