Here's just a short sample of the closings, shutdowns, and layoffs of the past few weeks.
FEW WEEKS!
Your evening news and Trump will tell you this is "The Greatest Economy EVER!"
Does it seem to you to be the greatest economy ever? Time to dispense with the denial folks.
Merck SLashes 500 Jobs, J&J lays off 300
https://www.inquirer.com/business/merck-layoffs-lansdale-north-wales-reduction-in-force-pharmaceuticals-20191017.html
Wework Lays off 2000
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/wework-uber-major-layoffs-150305967.html
Amazon Delivery Company, "Letter Ride" lays off 900.
So much for blaming Amazon for all the retail closures.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-delivery-partner-cuts-more-than-400-jobs-in-texas
Texas Health Lays off 741
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/texas-health-system-to-lay-off-741-employees.html
Haliburton cuts 650(And this has been going on for years already)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/halliburton-cuts-178-employees-colorado-155652542.html
HSBC Slashes 10,000 MORE jobs. After cutting thousands and thousands already
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hsbc-slash-10000-more-jobs-ax-falls-project-oak
Freightliner lays off 900
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/freightliner-production-plants-to-lay-off-about-900-workers-in-n-carolina/992079756
Forever 21 Declares Bankruptcy. closes 178 stores
https://www.al.com/news/2019/09/forever-21-bankrupt-closing-178-stores.html
Bed Bath and Beyond, 60 More store closures.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/bed-bath-beyond-increases-projected-store-closings
Stevens Tanker in Texas closes. 586 jobs lost
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/stevens-tanker-division-closes-and-eliminates-586-jobs-across-texas
Sears and Kmart close another 120 stores
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/sears-and-kmart-to-close-more-than-120-stores-by-january/ar-AAILQm2
Hamilton Beach closing all its 160 stores
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/all-kitchen-collection-stores-will-close-by-the-end-of-2019-2019-10-15
Clearly, this is not an industry specific problem. There have been mass layoffs in every single industry, from Technology to Banking, Energy, Retail, and everything in between.
Why are we being told that "Unemployment is at the lowest its been in forever"?
Because the media lies, the government lies, especially when things are actually bad and getting worse. Time to wake up people.