Tariff Boom? More Like Job Growth Flatline Edition
Remember when the White House promised tariffs would kickstart a booming economy? Well, surprise! Job growth has stalled so hard they had to fire the official scorekeeper. Yep, firing an official scorekeeper because 'growth has stalled' sounds like admitting, 'Oops, turns out tariffs don’t make it rain jobs after all.' It's like hiring a lifeguard to watch a dried-up pool. As the article puts it, the President 'has been reduced to firing an official scorekeeper,' which might be the quietest admission of economic catastrophe since the Great Recession.
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(1 of 3)Oh, I'm sorry, did I miss the part where firing the job growth referee magically creates new jobs? Because that playbook sounds like it was written by someone who thinks tariffs are just a fancy word for a job party.
So let me get this straight: We slapped tariffs on imports and then fired the guy counting how many jobs got killed? That's like blaming the mirror for your reflection after a pie fight.
Tariffs promised a job boom but delivered a job 'zzz'! Firing the scorekeeper is like cancelling the scoreboard when your team is losing. Next move: firing air because it failed to oxygenate.
Source: Newyorker | Published: 8/1/2025 | Author: John Cassidy
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