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Date: November 01, 2024 at 10:22:34
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Weak Jobs Report Provides Political Fodder Ahead of Election Day |
URL: Weak Jobs Report Provides Political Fodder Ahead of Election Day |
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Weak Jobs Report Provides Political Fodder Ahead of Election Day
Republicans and Democrats used the latest jobs numbers to bolster their
arguments about who would be better at managing the economy.
The October jobs report is providing talking points for supporters of Vice
President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J.
Trump.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times; Kenny Holston/The New
York Times
By Alan Rappeport
Nov. 1, 2024
Updated 11:41 a.m. ET
A weak jobs report that was depressed by storms and labor strikes quickly
became political fodder on Friday as Republicans and Democrats injected
the numbers into their arguments over whether former President Donald
J. Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris would be better at managing the
economy.
Figures released by the Labor Department showed that job creation
stalled in October, with employers adding only 12,000 positions in a
month that included a major strike and two destructive hurricanes.
Unemployment remained steady at 4.1 percent.
The Biden administration tried to signal this week that the appearance of
sluggishness in the labor market was a temporary mirage caused by
unusual factors. However, economists noted that there were other
indications of softness, with hiring slowing in sectors that would be
unlikely to be affected by extreme weather.
President Biden said in a statement that “America’s economy remains
strong,” and noted that the United States has had the lowest average
unemployment rate of any administration under his watch. He claimed
that the trade policies being pitched by Republicans to increase tariffs
would cost the country thousands of jobs.
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White House economists argued in a series of posts on social media that
the labor market was healthy, pointing to the fact that the number of
people not at work because of bad weather increased by 460,000 in
October. They also highlighted that earnings growth was slightly stronger
than expected and that nominal wages were up 4 percent on a yearly
basis.
“Anyone who’s ignoring the noise in today’s report has a political agenda,”
Jared Bernstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said in an
interview. “Their skewed analysis should be dismissed out of hand.”
But with four days until the election, Republicans were not willing to
dismiss the report as an anomaly.
Representative Jason Smith, Republican of Missouri and chairman of the
House Ways and Means Committee, called the report “more evidence of
the stunning incompetence of the Biden-Harris Administration.” He
pointed to declines in manufacturing employment last month as a sign
that blue-collar workers were struggling, despite the fact that the Bureau
of Labor Statistics said that “employment declined in manufacturing due
to strike activity.”
The Trump campaign also used the weak jobs numbers to blast Ms. Harris,
saying in a statement that the jobs report was a “catastrophe” that
“reveals how badly Kamala Harris broke our economy.”
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Date: November 01, 2024 at 11:20:19
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Weak Jobs Report Provides Political Fodder Ahead of Election Day |
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Date: November 01, 2024 at 10:26:57
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: I think you need to answer for Trumps threats to Liz.. |
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Otherwise everything you post is bullshit. Literally garbage bro..
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Date: November 01, 2024 at 10:45:20
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: I think you need professional help |
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but neither thing has anything to do with the topic of my post
seriously though, life is short, don’t spend it full of hate like this
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Date: November 01, 2024 at 11:58:17
From: ao, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: I think you need professional help |
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“seriously though” if you’re unable to answer for Trump’s threats to Liz
you’re full of crap OT. Literally if you can’t answer for his bs you should
have nine guns shoved in your face.. go ahead.. let’s hear what you have
to say with your life threatened..
Trump threatens and deranged followers act out his threats. And you
condone Trump threatening Liz. You are excusing threats to Liz’s life..
and you want people here to treat you with the same kindness as
everyone deserves? Go fuck yourself OT..
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Date: November 01, 2024 at 12:22:06
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: I think you need professional help |
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look, this election is close, too close to call at this point. please prepare
yourself so that if it doesn’t go your way you won’t be a danger to yourself
or others
🙏
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Date: November 01, 2024 at 18:48:10
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: I think you need professional help |
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far more likely that you and your friends will be the danger if rump loses...or even if he somehow wins...
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