Make no mistake, America is getting massively poorer by the day. From David Stockman at lewrockwell.com:
Maybe it is time to don our tinfoil hat. Here’s the flat-out lie the WSJ reported this morning in response to the weekly unemployment claims release. It sure did make you think that the jobs picture is improving by the week:
The number of people receiving benefits through regular state programs, which cover the majority of workers, decreased by 1.1 million to 16.2 million for the week ended July 11. The decline extends the recent trend, with the number receiving benefits the lowest reading since the week ended April 11.
Just to make sure you grasped the good news, the WSJ added this chart for good measure:
Actually, there was no improvement at all this week!
And what remains is the greatest labor market disaster in history. As Wolf Richter observed in his excellent post on the heels of the DOL (Department of Labor) report:
If you read this morning or heard on the radio that 16.2 million people were claiming unemployment insurance – the “continued claims” – and you thought that there were only 16.2 million people who claimed unemployment benefits, you fell victim to lazy misreporting in the media, by reporters or bots that didn’t read the Labor Department’s press release beyond the second paragraph.
STRAIGHT LINE LOGIC 
Finally, FINALLY, someone identifies TRUMP as the clueless braggart that he (always) has been. Well Done Mr. Stockman!
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You mean the government isn’t being honest? What’s next? Lying about the Covid numbers?
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I haven’t suggested that the government might be lying about Covid numbers because I thought it might destroy too many of SLL’s readers faith in government.
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