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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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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: the new BLS person pays off
Date: 09/09/25 12:05 PM
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The causes of the current drop are well understood and documented. The continued move to outsourcing and AI would have happened regardless of policy. OTOH, the changes due to tariffs and immigration policy were entirely preventable. Trump has said his policies are important enough, a recession is an acceptable outcome.

We were told by the media and the Biden administration that the jobs market was strong and healthy. That was clearly not true:

cnbc.com - Jobs report revisions september

Even CNBC has to say it
Most of the time span for the report came before President Donald Trump took office, indicating the jobs picture was deteriorating before he began levying tariffs against U.S. trading partners.

That's a total of 2 million jobs over the last 2 years of the Biden admin wiped away.
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