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UpInArms

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10. They gutted the IRS

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:04 AM

Sep 11

Internal
Revenue
Service

About 7.4% fired
7,315 employees fired
Note: The Supreme Court ruled these firings may resume, blocking a federal judge's previous order that halted terminations at more than a dozen agencies

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Consumer prices rose at annual rate of 2.9% in August, as weekly jobless claims jump [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 11 OP

MAGA is bringing down inflation but in an upward direction IronLionZion Sep 11 #1

Jobless claims jumped to highest level in 4 years UpInArms Sep 11 #2

With respect to the government jobs - there may be that "October Surprise" BumRushDaShow Sep 11 #3

Truly UpInArms Sep 11 #6

There were a couple trackers out there BumRushDaShow Sep 11 #8

They gutted the IRS UpInArms Sep 11 #10

Kansas Republican Senator Jerry Moran was working his azzz off months ago to Bengus81 Sep 11 #16

Stagflation. nt BootinUp Sep 11 #4

My first thought, also UpInArms Sep 11 #5

Make America Broke Again...... Lovie777 Sep 11 #7

Trump destroyed the job market Johnny2X2X Sep 11 #9

The 263k jobs number goes back to equal 2023 and have to go back to 2021 to get bigger number. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #11

CPI Graphs: 3 months, 1 month, and 12-month (year-over-year), regular and core progree Sep 11 #12

What's interesting is how good the graphs looked back in mid-June when the May report came out progree Sep 11 #17

Do you miss "sleepy" Joe Biden yet, America? SergeStorms Sep 11 #13

Annnnnndddddd of course, from MAGA ... "It's due to Bidenomics" Dock_Yard Sep 11 #14

Anyone who has gone to the grocery store popsdenver Sep 11 #15

it is odd indeed Skittles Sep 11 #18

This mis-stating of economics and statistics popsdenver Sep 11 #20

It's 1978-79 all over again bucolic_frolic Sep 11 #19