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latest core PCE in US is about 3.3-3.4% so I guess Hassett was almost right about claiming it is zero.After all, the difference between the two is only 3.3%….. about the only thing Hassett didn’t lie about is that the current president’s last name is trump

Every time Hassett speaks on tv he has a shit eating grin on his face and it seems as if he’s just making up numbers and spews them left and right because he knows he’s not going to be fact checked. I personally do not believe one word he says….EVER!

The Jones act keeps American shipping companies using American steel, building new ships isn't going to solve this, but it's a nice handout to his billionaire supporters nonetheless

Can he tell us exactly what industrial factories are currently being built and where they are? Factories don't go up overnight. When will they open?

Summary: Hassett: Job numbers look weak, but investment, manufacturing, wages, and productivity are strong. Tapper: If job growth is slow, numbers are revised down, groceries are costly, and much work remains, how is this “the greatest economy”?

“Blah blah blah blah blah” - Hassert It is a series of anecdotes about “good things” that have happened, but with no attempt to link them to anything in reality.

No questions about import and export losses? How sustainable are the construction jobs—or are they jobs that will vanish as soon as the data centers and the military economy (ICE) are completed or go bankrupt?

on this show, Hasset says teachers not working in the summer contributed to job loss number (i don’t think that'd count as job loss since they aren’t fired). on a different show (some Fox show with a Bill Hemmer?) the end of the World Cup was the contributor oh the tangled web he’s weaving

Considering that Tapper can't seem to tell the difference between a stammer and "cognitive decline" (and he has 0 medical qualifications), he may want to get working on that next book. I'm allergic to CNN and won't watch this, but congrats to him for this (exceedingly rare) act of journalism.

Trump gets an A+ for achieving the largest transfer of wealth from the people to the rich Trump imposed tariffs, retailers raised prices and we paid them; then, retailers sued, claiming the measure was unconstitutional and got refunded OUR money While they distract Americans with culture wars.

Every word out of this clowns mouth is a lie. Is anyone else out there unemployed? Let’s talk about the ghost jobs and the hundreds of resumes sent

None of what this smarmy little twerp is saying is true. There are layoffs, there are not that many new construction jobs, tariffs have been accelerating inflation, people are not able to buy more groceries, ....

I wish he had set him straight on his claim that manufacturing jobs increased too because they haven’t. They’ve decreased. And so have clean energy jobs. And the investment Trump claimed hasn’t materialized either bc no one wants to invest in chaos.

Tapper, or anyone else for that matter, is only schooling these half-wits when they out front accuse them of lying, because that’s what they’re doing.

Are the D’s in January going to get access to the country’s check book? Dipshit Bessent has sent millions or billions to whomever Orange Foghorn told him to The Bored of Thieves? O F said he was donating 10 billion. Did that happen?

Jake every once in a while, puts his big boy pants on and goes after this insane administration. Need so much more of this from the MSM but they just don’t wanna upset their cash cow.

What fucking factories? And…"FACTORIES????" What century is this? Okay, if there are "factories" being built (a big "IF") what happens after they are built? It may take a few hundred people to "build" it, but how many will have jobs in it after it is finished due to automation? <more>

Most remaining factory jobs have long been outsourced to cheap foreign labor. Hell, even service jobs are disappearing. Been to a fast-food joint lately? Order and pay on the app or at the kiosk. 3 workers in the store. Called tech support lately? Could you decipher the accent? <more>

If so, no problem…very soon they will all be AI, mimicking your accent. White collar jobs are also disappearing. Have you called your Dr's office? Automated menu and instructions to "visit the portal." NOBODY's working! Not many humans will still need to work, but ALL will still need to eat.

Tapper: So how is your poor economy Joe Biden's fault? Hasset: (smiles) Well, if his economy hadn't been so good, ours wouldn't look so bad. Tapper: Wow, Republicans sure are a bunch of spineless chodes, huh? Hasset (smiles): Yes, and again, that's Joe Biden's fault.

An economist who doesn’t know than 800K is less than 2M, who insists that inflation at 3.5% is less than the inflation they inherited which was at 2.9%. 😏

The problem is that they are easy to lie to: if they hear 2 "facts", one they like & one they don't, they believe the one they like & never bother looking up what is true. The GOP quickly figured out people were accepting what they liked, & it would take a long time to figure out something was wrong

Wait, "teachers in states taking July off..." are part of these revised job numbers? Could I have gotten unemployment every summer for 20 years? What nonsense is this??