And the shutdown meant that we didn't get the last couple jobs reports so no one really knows how much worse it's getting.

Lots of businesses closing or laying off. Social media chuck full of people looking for jobs who are saying they're applying to hundreds of posts with no responses. Costs going up.

The BLS is not yet corrupt, but I think we're going to see some awful numbers from them when they get back up and running and then Trump will force them to start cooking the books.

Be kind, whether we know it or not, we're all a lot closer to living on the street than we are to living in a penthouse. I don't think the average person realizes how tedious their own financial situation really is.

and i paid for milk yesterday so maybe he ought to check at his local winn dixie before saying prices are down.

But the BLS is still staffed by career statisticians who will resign en masse would they be told to cook the books.

Inflation has risen 5 months in a row now, that's the data from the BLS.

The wave of layoffs has been in the news everyday in my part of the country. Things are getting bad out there.

already trademarked and copyrighted the word: "Trumpvilles"............at the rate this is accelerating, I don't even want to think about what we will be witnessing within a couple of months.......

AND particularly how much more they will be emboldened after the Dems caved......they now know, any time they want to do anything, that they can easily extort a win, by simply cutting off jobs, and the food supply to millions.....

there will soon be more homeless because of the
completely hate filled repugs