An increase of 245% in unemployment due to all the mass firings. The last 2 times we had a number like that was 2020 when Covid shutdowns first hit, and 2009 whe the economic crash was happening. This time it happened because 2 effing morons were put in charge by 77 million effing morons.
Inflation is going back up, stocks way down, unemployment way up, consumer confidence falling.
Note the unemployment number for March may be worse than Feb since some of the mass firings weren't accounted for yet.
My sister filed her taxes in Feb, they were accepted right away, they owe the feds, and a month later the money has not been deducted from their bank account. She used the IRS access to find out the status just in case there was an error on their return and the answer is the IRS is weeks behind and is prioritizing refunds first.
So they're firing all these people to save money and create efficiency and now the IRS us so overwhelmed and understaffed they can't take direct deposits of money OWED to them by taxpayers.