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861,000 Americans Filed For Unemployment Last Week
Forbes ^ | Feb 18, 2021 | Jack Kelly

Posted on 02/18/2021 5:13:43 PM PST by BeauBo

To put things into context, prior to the pandemic, the highest level of unemployment claims was roughly 700,000 during the financial crisis in 2008.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; layoff
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How "Unexpected".

Cancel the wall (the largest construction project in the USA), cancel the pipeline, cancel, cancel, cancel, lockdown, lockdown, lockdown.

You are on your own America. The Left has a Green New World to build - even if they have to put every American and their brother out of work to do it.

In other news, Biden's handlers called an early lid today, as Rome began to burn.

1 posted on 02/18/2021 5:13:43 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Looken sharp Biden!


2 posted on 02/18/2021 5:18:56 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BeauBo

Dems and MSM will never say a word about this and “Unexpected” is back


3 posted on 02/18/2021 5:19:32 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: BeauBo

If the stock market upswing and cheery CEOS of social media are right in their optimism, then Marxism and a “partnership” of big business and socialist government works great, with an end to free speech and a big boost in climate change restrictions on all of us——
then we are screwed forever.

We should hope socialism does NOT work just peachy. For all our sakes.


4 posted on 02/18/2021 5:21:32 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: BeauBo

Biden wants the 1.9T stimulus spending to go through, followed by an additional 3.0T in stimulus spending.
Unemployment coupled with cruises, airlines, restaurants, gyms, bars, hotels, tourism, entertainment, etc. downturn is going to lead to a very poor outcome.


5 posted on 02/18/2021 5:25:58 PM PST by EEGator
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To: BeauBo

One month in two days, and the benefits (as if) of a Biden
Presidency are coming home to roost.

I give it a few months, and folks are going to know damn
sure how well they had it under Trump.


6 posted on 02/18/2021 5:32:00 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the Founders Party.)
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To: BeauBo

The reason China has not collapsed is because we prop it up.

Arrogant socialist oligarchs believe they can micro manage the world and its resources.

Ingenuity, creativity, and prosperity are the by products of a free society.


7 posted on 02/18/2021 5:37:15 PM PST by MagillaX (My)
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To: dragnet2

Another day in the Joe Biden administration


8 posted on 02/18/2021 5:38:50 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BeauBo

Gas will go through the roof, with the prices of everything else will follow. They’ve opened the flood gates of Mexico, this after millions of Americans lost their businesses and job....Proves once again the Democrats will try to make everyone as miserable as possible.


9 posted on 02/18/2021 5:40:14 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: EEGator

Spend America into 30 plus trillion and much more debt. Punk Kerry lied about ever being wounded. We never issued nor wrote a single SF man up for a PH unless he had to be
to be medivaced or it was serious. I am disgusted with punks as GEN’s. How many even have a real valor award plus a CIB? s d


10 posted on 02/18/2021 5:47:27 PM PST by Lumper20 (If one never served in war-He/she should never be a Gov. Department head.)
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To: dragnet2

Gas went up over $1 here.


11 posted on 02/18/2021 5:48:42 PM PST by Lumper20 (If one never served in war-He/she should never be a Gov. Department head.)
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To: BeauBo

I will say this, contracts let during the Trump admin will be completed.

There shall not be many contracts under the Dementia Joe administration.

Business is going to pull way back. Bank what they have.


12 posted on 02/18/2021 5:52:54 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: SaveFerris

The libtard “Misery Index” is back.

Dementia Joe just shuffles around. Obama is running the show.


13 posted on 02/18/2021 5:54:40 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: eyedigress

Yes a puppet regime


14 posted on 02/18/2021 5:56:34 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BeauBo

Democrats, the party of unemployment, poverty and misery.


15 posted on 02/18/2021 6:04:48 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: BeauBo

Democrats, the party of unemployment, poverty and misery.


16 posted on 02/18/2021 6:09:12 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: BeauBo

17 posted on 02/18/2021 6:13:50 PM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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To: BeauBo

Gee where are all the critical Biden stories about this?


18 posted on 02/18/2021 6:17:40 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

They are too busy making sure Trump can’t be buried at Arlington, Wuhan labs gets taxpayer money and boys can play basketball on girls teams.

C’mon man! Priorities!


19 posted on 02/18/2021 6:20:42 PM PST by LilFarmer ( )
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To: LilFarmer

Thought it was a “lid day” :)


20 posted on 02/18/2021 6:22:26 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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