9.0 economy earthquake confirmed just now

[LiberalArkie]

Thursday July 30, 2020 · 8:06 AM CDT

I was sleeping and a 4.2 earthquake woke me up at 4:30AM. I live in Los Angeles. So I’ve been watching the news and I just heard about another earthquake;

Q2 GDP: US economy contracted by worst-ever 32.9% in Q2, crushed by coronavirus lockdowns

At 32.9%, the second-quarter annualized contraction marked by far the worst plunge ever recorded, based on Bureau of Economic Analysis data spanning back to 1947. Before the pandemic, the worst GDP print on record was in the first quarter of 1958, when GDP fell 10.0% on an annualized basis.

This is actually worse than I expected when I started scratching my head about an upcoming “economy implosion” months ago.

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/30/1965095/-9-0-economy-earthquake-confirmed-just-now

[Doodley]

1. Would have been avoided if the government had a policy to test everyone and isolate all those who

were infected, and initiate a ten-billion dollar public awareness program to wear masks.

[Dream Girl]

2. And thus Trump floats delaying the election. Look over there!

[Sneederbunk]

3. All hail the Trump Economy!

[marybourg]

4. Trump, Eisenhower.

But I thought publicans were good for the economy.