{"id":203785,"date":"2025-09-06T01:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/203785\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T01:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:53:16","slug":"what-happens-when-cletus-loses-his-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/203785\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When Cletus Loses His Job?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Before we start:<\/strong> Just a heads-up that today\u2019s <strong>Secret Podcast<\/strong> will be a little late. And on Sunday you\u2019ll get a movie club in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/s\/bulwarkplus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulwark+ Takes feed<\/a> with Sarah, Sonny, and me talking about Idiocracy. Spoiler: That movie is only funny if you\u2019re not living it.<\/p>\n<p>And for my neighbors in the city the greater NYC metro area, the presale for our Bulwark Live show on October 11 is live now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/bulwark-live-in-new-york\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!Rdri!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8028ee83-5450-4e28-89bc-c79e5bae3623_5238x3474.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/8028ee83-5450-4e28-89bc-c79e5bae3623_5238.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"966\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/8028ee83-5450-4e28-89bc-c79e5bae3623_5238x3474.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:966,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3785932,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/i\/172869947?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8028ee83-5450-4e28-89bc-c79e5bae3623_5238x3474.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>A John Deere dealership on August 26, 2025 in Santa Rosa, California. Farm equipment manufacturer and industry bellwether John Deere is planning to lay off over 200 workers, as the company has seen a slowdown in sales due to customer uncertainty, as the Trump administration&#8217;s tariffs begin to take effect. The company says that tariffs have cost it $300 million this year and forecasts a full-year tariff impact of nearly $600 million. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The totally woke, radical DEIs at the Bureau of Labor Statistics are at it again this morning with the August job numbers and they are . . . not great.<\/p>\n<p>The economy added just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">22,000 jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I know what you\u2019re thinking: Hey, at least we\u2019re still <strong>adding<\/strong> jobs every month.<\/p>\n<p>And fair enough. We ought to cherish positive job growth while it lasts. Let\u2019s dig into the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, the jobs market is headed in the wrong direction. Job growth keeps trending down and the August number was way under expectations\u2014analysts were expecting 75,000 new jobs. As you get under the hood the report looks even worse.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The health care sector added 31,000 jobs\u2014meaning that the entire rest of the economy lost jobs. If you don\u2019t work in health care, then employment in your field contracted.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Forgotten ManTM is taking it on the chin: Mining, oil, and gas production lost 6,000 jobs; manufacturing lost 12,000 jobs and is net -78,000 since Trump took over.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The June and July numbers have been revised downward by -21,000 and they are now worse than originally estimated. (In June the entire jobs market was net negative, for a loss of 13,000 jobs.)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Unemployment continues to rise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/what-happens-when-cletus-loses-his?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\" class=\"button-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/p\/what-happens-when-cletus-loses-his?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"button primary\" target=\"_blank\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to see some charts? I understand how complicated economics can be, so I\u2019ll make it simple. When it comes to adding jobs you want the numbers to go up, which is what they did under Joe Biden almost every month of his presidency. Then Trump became president and immediately numbers go down.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!poB2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06bf4b6d-6fda-436a-a76b-3a9a8804a0da_1234x876.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/06bf4b6d-6fda-436a-a76b-3a9a8804a0da_1234.jpeg\" width=\"594\" height=\"421.6726094003242\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/06bf4b6d-6fda-436a-a76b-3a9a8804a0da_1234x876.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:876,&quot;width&quot;:1234,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:594,&quot;bytes&quot;:230121,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/i\/172869947?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06bf4b6d-6fda-436a-a76b-3a9a8804a0da_1234x876.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the unemployment rate you want the numbers to stay low. And unemployment under Biden was historically, unimaginably low. Trump becomes president and all of a sudden, line goes up.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!WGAX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae94d18e-9864-46aa-b110-779f00266915_1208x866.png\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/ae94d18e-9864-46aa-b110-779f00266915_1208.jpeg\" width=\"598\" height=\"428.69867549668874\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/ae94d18e-9864-46aa-b110-779f00266915_1208x866.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:866,&quot;width&quot;:1208,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:598,&quot;bytes&quot;:211850,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.thebulwark.com\/i\/172869947?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae94d18e-9864-46aa-b110-779f00266915_1208x866.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s complicated but I\u2019m pretty sure that if I make the arrows big enough, even this guy can understand it . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before we start: Just a heads-up that today\u2019s Secret Podcast will be a little late. 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