the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 4, 2025
After the Labor Department announced the number of jobs added to the economy in July, the president fired the official who made the announcement. Dr. Erika McEntarfer had worked in economic statistics for decades and was appointed to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) by a Senate confirmation including “yes” votes by Vance and Rubio in 2024.
The BLS also annoyed the president because they lowered the figures given for how many new jobs were created in May and June by 258,000. The president proclaimed the figures to be fake but Wall Street dropped 500 points from the stock market. Apparently, investors also disagreed with the president on how fake the figures are or were.
It’s easy to be reading such news on your app or in your newspaper over your morning coffee—oops, make that your half a cup of coffee since prices for coffee are rising. Alas, the president just put a big tariff on Brazilian coffee beans, the country which supplies the largest amount of coffee to the U.S. market.
Was Brazil picking on the U.S.? Was Brazil running a trade surplus that hurt the U.S. economy and jobs? Nope. However, no coffee beans can be grown in the continental U.S., so no jobs in that area. In fact, the U.S. runs more than a seven-billion-dollar trade SURPLUS with Brazil.
Some lies work better than others.