Employment Report Blues

@no1marauder said
Turns out that instead of adding a decent 291,000 jobs in May and June according to BLS estimates, corrected figures show the US added only 19,000 in those two months combined. Even with July's initial estimate of 73,000 more jobs ( which stands a good chance of being revised downward), the US job market is anemic.https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/us-jobs-report-july-downward-revisions-worse-than-thought-rcna222442

It's almost as if Trump had never heard of David Ricardo.

And I think another important and relevant thing is that people are saying that AI is going to be disruptive, but they can't predict how much or how soon -- so where are the anticipatory or preparatory public policy discussions about that in either house of the USA's Congress?

@Arkturos said
It's almost as if Trump had never heard of David Ricardo.

Trump would have if he had actually studied economics and not just had his father pay the tuition fees.

Is Trump's IQ really tested at 73? I would have guessed somewhere in the 80-90 range. At least back before the dementia.

@Lundos said
Trump would have if he had actually studied economics and not just had his father pay the tuition fees.

Is Trump's IQ really tested at 73? I would have guessed somewhere in the 80-90 range. At least back before the dementia.

IQ tests don't test for intuition, and according to Trump, his is off the scales.

@Mott-The-Hoople said
“The idea of democracy”

Trump is doing EXACTLY what he promised when campaigning.

THE PEOPLE ELECTED HIM. That is how democracy works. YOU want a dictator.

Why is ignorance so popular these days?

@Mott-The-Hoople said
You win the award for stupidest post of the day

And you think the Electoral College is a great idea.

@Suzianne said
Why is ignorance so popular these days?

It lets them hate, be racist, be sexist, and blame everyone else for their sad lives and getting left behind.

@AverageJoe1 said
More to the point, do they want him gone. Who do they say to replace him? They don’t? And did these little fellers ever answer, who would Earth put forth if a Martian demanded one man be named to negotiate and defend all nations?

Trump would negotiate his own way off planet and then say "Destroy the rest, they're all losers."

His sci-fi character would be Baltar from Battlestar Galactica.

@Arkturos said
IQ tests don't test for intuition, and according to Trump, his is off the scales.

I've never heard Trump say his intuition is off the scales.

@Lundos said
It lets them hate, be racist, be sexist, and blame everyone else for their sad lives and getting left behind.

The easy way out, I guess.

@Suzianne said
The easy way out, I guess.

If you add stupid and ignorant it would be the MAGA way.

@Mott-The-Hoople said
“The idea of democracy”

Trump is doing EXACTLY what he promised when campaigning.

THE PEOPLE ELECTED HIM. That is how democracy works. YOU want a dictator.

No, YOU are getting one which looks to me like that is EXACTLY what you want.
Tell me how many former presidents EVER had their own SECRET POLICE? or putting people NEVER CONVICTED IN COURT just Trump saying they are and I quote, 'the worse of the worse' so they are put in cages in Florida under worse conditions than CONVICTED MURDERS get.
So take you MAGAT propaganda and stick it up your wrinkled ass.
Like I said. YOU DISGUST ME.

@Mott-The-Hoople said
You mean like during covid the number of deaths attributed to covid was extremely high, the number of deaths from heart attacks, regular flu (etc) plummeted.

Dont play the fool

I think now you are not even a human but some poor attempt at an AI.

@sonhouse said
I think now you are not even a human but some poor attempt at an AI.

Stop insulting AI.

@shavixmir said
Stop insulting AI.

You are right, I apologize 🙂