Skylar
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Gee. That sounds awful. Just horrible. I feel terrible after reading that.
I especially hated the part where it said that over half of the layoffs were government jobs and will take place over a period of two years.
Just fucking awful.
People losing jobs is always a liberal bright spot.
Well, aren't YOU happy to see the public sector get whittled away even further? Seems like that's the wingnut goal.
I am not sure who would be or who is. What kinda comment are you making? Obama isn't running again so why would anyone wish for more economic downturn then what he has already brought us? There is no political up side.
What would be the poltiical upside of your ilk acknowledging the improving economy, rising GDP, lower budget deficit, higher tax revenues, higher employment, record high total employment, etc?
i mean, this was just a few weeks ago:
Unemployment Rate Hits 7-Year Low as U.S. Adds 223,000 Jobs in June
Unemployment Rate Hits 7-Year Low as U.S. Adds 223 000 Jobs in June - US News
By any rational measure, that would be good news. But you completely ignored it. The GOP certainly didn't laud those numbers. The narrative of conservatives, the emotional and intellectual investment of conservatives is for the collapse and failure of this nation.
And there's no political upside in acknowledging anything that contradicts this narrative. But why in the fuck would I want folks committed to our *failure* at the helm of the ship?
I didn't ignore anything, thus my mixed message comment.
You ignored all hiring, acknowledging only the layoffs. But not the new jobs. Which is ridiculous.
You ignored the fact that the majority of layoffs will be occuring over the next 2 years. Not this month. Which is ridiculous.
You ignored that last month our unemployment rate hit a 7 year low and we added 223,000 jobs. That's after all layoffs. Which is ridiculous.
You insisted that 'nothing seems to be changing', despite tons of great news. If you ignore every new job, a 7 year low in our unemployment rate and the majority of the layoffs you're citing occuring over 2 years, of course things will look bleak.
And its that myopic focus on the negative that I believe demonstrates why we don't want conservatives at the helm of the ship. All they see is rocks. And they're emotionally invested in a ship wreck. Even when we're in comparatively open seas.
No thank you.