The Trump administration is suggesting a change in the way economic growth is measured, just as the economy appears poised to notch its worst performance since the pandemic-era shutdowns.
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Why yes, changing the way the results are measured when you're doing a shit fucking job is what a complete loser with a lot of power would do. Absolutely on brand.
Translation: let's change the goalposts so that everything we do will make it look like we are doing a great job. What a load of baloney. Typical of the MAGA mentality. Bet this was Musk's or Miller's idea. Money will disappear into MAGA pockets.
So...lie? You think economists can't see through that? You think spending doesn't see though that? There are real numbers that everybody sees that you can't make up.
“The actual output was given as sixty-two millions. Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfulfilled.” -1984, George Orwell
Here comes the state controlled slippery slope: all BLS data is about to be changed. Trump loyalists will show inflation at 1.5%, unemployment at 3%, and GDP at 4% inperpetuity. Look at China’s data, and then look at how that market has done in the last 20 years.
Wait till we have a recession. If we stripped out government spending during the GFC and with COVID, we would have had longer recessions that would have worsened consumer confidence making them last longer. What a moronic idea.
And there it is. How many times did we have to hear, "They changed the way unemployment is measured" and "They didn't sample crime statistics for every city"
Pure hypocrisy.
But WaPo won't tell you that part, because Democracy dies in darkness and Bezos has turned out the light.
Lie, cheat, and steal. However he tries to frame it, we’ll feel the pain in our pockets. Just remember who brought you the pain. Billionaires will be buying more yachts with their tax cuts, on savings from your pain.
Let him change the rule so he can always win. Why not? He is the forever victorious wannabe dictator. Nothing else matters except him, his families, his Putin, his oligarchs.
Hope you didn't throw your fucking back out writing this bullshit. Why can't you just say a lunatic is fucking up our economy because there's no need for nuance here.
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Bull Shit us all as usual
Recession? What recession?
If you can't win the game, change the rules.
T knows a lot about that.
Pure hypocrisy.
But WaPo won't tell you that part, because Democracy dies in darkness and Bezos has turned out the light.
How do they do it? How do they pick the worst possible solution that wasn't even considered?
🚨🚨 Manipulating the results doesn't change the results. 🚨🚨
Wish the #WashingtopPost had a spine and stood up for what's right, not what's pleasing to Putin.