[HN Gopher] Commissioner of labor statistics fired after weaker-...
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       Commissioner of labor statistics fired after weaker-than-expected
       jobs figures
        
       Author : belter
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2025-08-01 19:05 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnbc.com)
        
       | inamberclad wrote:
       | Firing your subordinates because you don't like the number they
       | report to you is how you obliterate the functioning machinery of
       | government.
        
         | legobmw99 wrote:
         | Hard to imagine that isn't part of the goal at this point
        
         | kccoder wrote:
         | Which is their goal
        
       | mongol wrote:
       | Same mindset as Stalin. Granted, not as severe outcome, but the
       | neurons seem to work in similar patterns
        
         | Ancalagon wrote:
         | Not as severe _yet_.
        
       | mahkeiro wrote:
       | They did the same with inflation numbers...
        
         | Braxton1980 wrote:
         | How do you know?
        
       | bwb wrote:
       | What a depress timeline. I didn't have the rebirth of Soviet
       | style rule on my bingo card this year.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44760734
        
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