Economy

[LumRaiderFan]

2 hours ago, baddog said:

People who cry about high fuel costs and blame Trump must not have noticed Biden cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline, oil and gas leases on public lands, especially in Alaska. Wahhhh.

Not to mention his impact on the coal industry.

Clueless, smh

[Reagan]

6 hours ago, CardinalBacker said:

Trump just fired the commissioner of labor statistics for truthing. 

My cousin just sent me this:  

“BREAKING | She is accused

of cooking the books. The commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Dr. Erika

McEntarfer has been fired today on accusations of over-politicizing her job.

President Trump says she was instrumental in overstating jobs growth by more than 800,000 jobs while trying to make the Biden economic plan look more successful than it was. Who will give the President a fist-bump for stomping politicization out of government work!???”

I guess you and I have a different understanding of what truth means!

[Boyz N Da Hood]

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[Boyz N Da Hood]

Approved by 86-8 senate vote

Including Vance and Rubio

Just another example of bow down and lie or get fired!

[UT alum]

16 hours ago, tvc184 said:

Annual inflation rates from Trump’s first term:

2017 2.1%%
2018 2.4%
2019 1.8%
2020 1.2%

Annual inflation rates of four years under Biden:
2021 7.0%
2022 6.5%
2023 3.4%
2024 2.9%

Annual inflation rate for six months under Trump:

2025 2.7%
 

Let me know when you’ve got something…..

I won’t have to.

[UT alum]

15 hours ago, Reagan said:

My cousin just sent me this:  

“BREAKING | She is accused

of cooking the books. The commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Dr. Erika

McEntarfer has been fired today on accusations of over-politicizing her job.

President Trump says she was instrumental in overstating jobs growth by more than 800,000 jobs while trying to make the Biden economic plan look more successful than it was. Who will give the President a fist-bump for stomping politicization out of government work!???”

I guess you and I have a different understanding of what truth means!

That last sentence is one for the ages.

[UT alum]

16 hours ago, tvc184 said:

Annual inflation rates from Trump’s first term:

2017 2.1%%
2018 2.4%
2019 1.8%
2020 1.2%

Annual inflation rates of four years under Biden:
2021 7.0%
2022 6.5%
2023 3.4%
2024 2.9%

Annual inflation rate for six months under Trump:

2025 2.7%
 

Let me know when you’ve got something…..

Sick part is, he’ll make all ya’ll like it and not even have to try.

[Reagan]

36 minutes ago, UT alum said:

That last sentence is one for the ages.

As I always say about liberals -- you can have your own opinions but you can't have your own facts!

[Big girl]

19 hours ago, Reagan said:

My cousin just sent me this:  

“BREAKING | She is accused

of cooking the books. The commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Dr. Erika

McEntarfer has been fired today on accusations of over-politicizing her job.

President Trump says she was instrumental in overstating jobs growth by more than 800,000 jobs while trying to make the Biden economic plan look more successful than it was. Who will give the President a fist-bump for stomping politicization out of government work!???”

I guess you and I have a different understanding of what truth means!

Bs. Trump can't handle the truth.

[Big girl]

17 hours ago, Boyz N Da Hood said:

Approved by 86-8 senate vote

Including Vance and Rubio

Just another example of bow down and lie or get fired!

I agree. 

[LumRaiderFan]

5 hours ago, Big girl said:

I agree. 

You two agreeing on something, I’m gonna have to rethink my opinion. 

[thetragichippy]

On 8/1/2025 at 9:05 PM, Boyz N Da Hood said:

Approved by 86-8 senate vote

Including Vance and Rubio

Just another example of bow down and lie or get fired!

I've hired people and ended up having to let them go for poor work performance. 

The bow down narrative is just a new Democratic talking point......before you were conditioned to say it, how many times in your life have you said it......my guess would be zero

I will say, Democrats and the media are good at repeating messages......

 

[UT alum]

On 8/4/2025 at 10:53 AM, thetragichippy said:

I've hired people and ended up having to let them go for poor work performance. 

The bow down narrative is just a new Democratic talking point......before you were conditioned to say it, how many times in your life have you said it......my guess would be zero

I will say, Democrats and the media are good at repeating messages......

 

And I will say Trump had no problem jumping all over the 818,000 downward revision the same person (McEntarfer, appointed by Biden) released in August, 2024 - in the heat of a presidential election battle. It did not help the Democrats position so the Weasel ate it up. His posts on his Truth Social network roasted the dems over that report. Go on defending the indefensible.

[UT alum]

On 8/1/2025 at 7:33 PM, Reagan said:

My cousin just sent me this:  

“BREAKING | She is accused

of cooking the books. The commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Dr. Erika

McEntarfer has been fired today on accusations of over-politicizing her job.

President Trump says she was instrumental in overstating jobs growth by more than 800,000 jobs while trying to make the Biden economic plan look more successful than it was. Who will give the President a fist-bump for stomping politicization out of government work!???”

I guess you and I have a different understanding of what truth means!

She released the 818,000 downward revision in August, 2024 in the heat of a presidential election, numb****. That hurt her own party badly. Not a partisan move.
If you did your own research you’d know that BLS numbers are revised mainly due to slow or delayed reporting by employers. It is not a matter of politics. It’s the NUMBers.

[thetragichippy]

22 minutes ago, UT alum said:

She released the 818,000 downward revision in August, 2024 in the heat of a presidential election, numb****

The 818,0000 was the SECOND largest annual revision - #1 happening in 2009, that over 900,000 lower than reported.

This July number 258K is the largest 2 month reduction since 1979 (if you take out covid)

So under her watch she holds #1 and #2 top spots.......

Maybe it was time for her to go. 

[UT alum]

6 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

The 818,0000 was the SECOND largest annual revision - #1 happening in 2009, that over 900,000 lower than reported.

This July number 258K is the largest 2 month reduction since 1979 (if you take out covid)

So under her watch she holds #1 and #2 top spots.......

Maybe it was time for her to go. 

Maybe it’s the data collection system. Can you think in a non political way about anything pertaining to the federal government and its internal workings?  

[Reagan]

 

Trump!!

@Big girl  @DCT  @UT alum @Boyz N Da Hood  @CardinalBacker

[thetragichippy]

5 hours ago, UT alum said:

Maybe it’s the data collection system. Can you think in a non political way about anything pertaining to the federal government and its internal workings?  

I’m political, you must of forgot your post I responded to. LOL.  YOU are the one that brought up the numbers, I just put them in perspective and you don’t like it.  I know in my job, if I held the #1 and #2 worst mistakes in my companies history, I’d be unemployed…….

Do you really think it’s dumb luck it “happened” on her watch twice?  

[DCT]

On 8/2/2025 at 1:07 PM, Reagan said:

As I always say about liberals -- you can have your own opinions but you can't have your own facts!

Trump’s wrong. Prices are gong up on just about everything. “Government data, including from the Commerce Department this week, show that prices rose in June on items heavily exposed to tariffs, such as home furnishings, toys and appliances,” The New York Times reported over the weekend. That’s Trump’s Commerce Department. He may be trying to cook the books in other areas—notably by firing the federal official tasked with collecting (recently disappointing) jobs data—but he can’t hide the fact that the economy is getting worse. On Friday, a Morning Consult poll found that nearly two-thirds of surveyed voters blamed Trump for rising prices—and that nearly eight in ten of them, including an astounding 70 percent of Republicans, believe Trump’s tariffs will increase the price of everyday goods. On Monday, an AP-NORC poll found that more than half of respondents were stressed about rising grocery prices—prices that are likely to continue to rise. Everywhere you look, voters are telling pollsters that they’re stressed about skyrocketing costs.  
Trump was elected because Americans were furious about post-pandemic inflation. He promised to lower prices. Instead, he embarked on a stupid, reckless, and unnecessary tariff regime that is accomplishing the exact opposite. So voters who felt financially squeezed during Joe Biden’s presidency, and were expecting some relief under Trump, are in for a rude awakening. Next year could make the inflation of recent memory look mild. If I were the president who was responsible for this, I’d be freaking out, too.

Midterms can’t get here quick enough!