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October 02, 2026

Groovy Economic News

Timothy Birdnow

Groovy news; There are more Americans working now than at any time since 1969!

Yes, since the time of the moon landing, Woodstock, the birth of the internet aka ARPANET, and apparently the first and only time singer Bryan Adams got laid (well, what do you expect; he's Canadian after all).

Dig this. From the far out article:

Unemployment claims in the U.S. remain at historic lows, with numbers last seen in 1969, when the country’s population was over 140 million less.

The news is just the latest proof that President Donald Trump and the Republicans have the country on the right economic course, and Americans should reject the Democrats’ big-government proposals at the ballot box in November.

The Department of Labor reported Thursday that initial claims came in at 197,000 for the week ending Sept. 26, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week. The four-week average fell to 200,000, down from 202,500.

Now it comes down to a matter of perception. We've seen this show before, where the media convinces the public that times are hard when in fact they are quite good. They did this to George H.W. Bush, predicting a recession when the economy was riding high, artificially manufacturing one by simply insisting it was coming, then ignoring the fact it ended until after the election and Bill Clinton took office. They gave Clinton all the credit.

The media can make people think it's "brother can you spare a dime" time; the public thinks "I'm doing o.k. but apparently nobody else is". This makes them think the economy ain't truckin'

Yes, costs are too high and that hurts but the public needs to remember who drove them up in the first place - it wasn't the GOP. Current gas prices are up because of the war, but they are still substantially lower than when Biden was in office and there was no reason for them to be high except that Biden wanted to drive gas-powered vehicles off the market so they could implement the electric vehicle scheme to meet with the Paris Accord agreements.

But all the public remembers is that the prices were lower and have risen and they blame the President and the GOP in Congress. That is something the media stokes, even though the economy is truckin'. It's a gas, even if we are a bit short on bread for our gas.

So we need to keep pushing the good news like some on-fire Mormon on his missionary pilgrimage. Every time a Republican speaks he should talk about this.

Maybe we should bring bell-bottoms and afros back as a reminder of this? Peace out!

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1 More Americans working? Well, that's nice, but there are also more Americans, and it might be worth noting that there is a smaller percentage of those Americans working. A mere 59% of those Americans are participating in the work force, the lowest number in many years.

Posted by: Bill H at October 02, 2026 08:57 AM (FRG6e)

2 Bill, the article specifically mentions population growth and how this is a percentage of the population.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 03, 2026 08:40 AM (oflqW)

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