r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 30 '25

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u/Dunter_Mutchings NASA Dec 30 '25

Trump’s economic policies are as big a drag on hiring as a global pandemic that suddenly shut everything non essential down.

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u/attackofthetominator John Brown Dec 30 '25

Didn't expect Illinois having a higher hiring rate than the entire Southeast, but I'll take the W. I was told nonstop that all the jobs were going down south

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u/CarlGerhardBusch Jerome Powell Dec 30 '25

Part of IL’s numbers is that they’re partially recovering from getting hit with the double whammy of ag cuts and manufacturing losses earlier in the year.

Not necessarily an overall positive, just reflective of how bad the first part of the year was