Thursday, April 02, 2020

Trump Unemployment

...setting a grim record for the second straight week.
Boy the way Glen Miller played...
The latest claims brought the two-week total to nearly 10 million.

The speed and scale of the job losses is without precedent. Until last month, the worst week for unemployment filings was 695,000 in 1982.
Those were the days.
...
A month ago, most forecasters still thought the United States could avoid a recession. Today, with the pandemic shuttering businesses and forcing vast layoffs, many economists are expecting a decline in gross domestic product that rivals the worst periods of the Great Depression.
Mister we could use a man like...
Her-bert Hoo-ver! Her-bert Hoo-ver! 

...again.