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Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living

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Robert Reich
Dec 16, 2025
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Friends,

The Bureau of Labor Statistics — which can still be trusted! — reports today that just 64,000 jobs were added to the economy in November.

That’s not enough to keep up with the number of people looking for jobs. Hence, the jobless rate rose last month to 4.6 percent — up from 4.4 percent in September and from 4.0 percent in January.

But the bigger…

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