Instead of firing the commissioner, the president should be giving the agency a raise in the form of a bigger budget. The goal should be to restore public trust in government statistics, not undermine it.

Those are not “her” (BLS Commissioner’s) numbers. They’re constructed by career civil servants using data collected from thousands of businesses and government agencies.

@unroll.skywriter.blue

Whatever happens, remember that before the Trump disaster occurred, the US was set for a GDP growth rate of 2.5-3% and lower inflation in 2025, but for some reason a tiny GOP majority (what Trump calls a landslide) wanted a recession & they are likely to get a depression. /4