Back in early May I predicted that the fascists would soon start releasing fake financial numbers and a few weeks later I noted that Paul Krugman had followed suit. It was only a matter of time, and now the time has come:
President Trump ordered his administration to fire the commissioner of labor statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report showed a sharp slowdown in hiring and a steep downward revision to May and June’s hiring numbers.
“No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY,” Mr. Trump wrote on social media.
He added, “She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes.”
Sure, she’ll be replaced by someone “much more competent”, this from the man who has yet to appoint a single competent person since his inauguration.
It’s obvious what is happening here, and it’s obvious that once the lackey who replaces this woman is installed, the numbers will be fake. It’s also obvious that the mainstream press will treat the numbers the same as when the people who released them were not lying ass-kissers. The truly amazing thing about current times is that the fascists running this country make no real attempt to hide their corruption and dishonesty and the people whose job it is to report on corruption and dishonesty are just so many Sergeant Scultzes, they “see nothing”.