November private payrolls unexpectedly fell by 32,000, led by steep small business job cuts, ADP reports

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/adp-jobs-report-november-2025-private-payrolls-unexpectedly-fell-by-32000-.html

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reddig33@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 286d

“Unexpectedly” — as in “We killed all the official government reporting about the economy because it was bad news.”

DeICEAmerica@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 286d (10 replies)
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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 286d (8 replies)

Millionaire doesn't equal business owner. Anyone who's 45 with a decent retirement fund is a millionaire.

Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 286d (2 replies)

Um, aren't you doing exactly what billionaires do by assuming everyone is in their same socioeconomic situation?

Less than 10% of people over 45 have more than a million dollars and and most of those are married couples.

Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -7 pts · 286d (1 reply)

That says a lot more about how bad off Americans are retirement wise rather than my statement being wrong.

ms_lane@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 286d

am I so out of touch, no it's the 90% that are wrong!

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 286d (4 replies)

Millionaires are the next who shouldn't exist.

Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 286d

The only reason millionaires shouldn't exist is to abolish capitalism, which while reasonable does not sound like what your only meaning is

arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 286d (2 replies)

Are you talking about people with like 10s or 100s of millions or are you including people with just 1 million? In a number of places, you basically cannot easily buy a house without something approaching 1 million (which is a problem itself).

Also, I've seen this statement here several times now. Where is the line? 1 million is a pretty arbitrary value, so how many thousands is too much?

ms_lane@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 286d (1 reply)
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arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 286d

Good luck I guess. Looking it up briefly gives US families having $1+ million net worth being in the 80th or 90th percentile (depending on the source), so somewhere between 1/5 and 1/10 families.

Broadfern@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 286d

Yeah it’s not the most pleasant pill to swallow but most millionaires are working class or small business, even if they look at their paycheck-to-paycheck peers with contempt and vice versa.

Billionaires are in the stratosphere compared to everyone else’s wealth, and that plus their ability to outright buy governments is our problem.

danc4498@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 286d

Big businesses would love to hire them at half price

DaMummy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 286d

Where's the "Stock market at record high" article to go along with it?

ms_lane@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 286d

RIPieces Amerikkka.