05-02-2026 — May life improve

Howdy all. Today is the 2nd day of May, and I saw snowflakes when I got up this morning. There was a freeze advisory last night, and likely will be another one tonight. Here, at the lake, we touched 37 degrees. However, south of here, freezing temperatures did occur. It is a solid 40 outside right now, headed to a blistering 44 degrees. That’s just under 7 degrees Celsius for those that don’t speak “Freedom” units.

Take a look of the next 10 days.

Cold and wet well into the 2nd week of May. Brr…

My brother mentioned in a chat yesterday, that he was a bit stressed by the possibility of financial issues, as he down-sized homes. Not by the known of having bought a new home, prior to selling the existing one, but by the unknown. What might our Executive Branch of the Federal Government do next to screw those of us that aren’t rich, so they can have bigger accounts for themselves? He is still working part-time, even though he is older than I am. Will Social Security still pay anything, as they throw more money at making war for their amusement and profit? How many more companies will layoff huge groups of employees, so the CEO can buy a bigger private yacht? And how much more in tax cuts to the rich will be made, as they destroy benefits to the needy?

I, too, am having lots of miserable dreams, and anxiety over the same things. A friend, who was job hunting, was mentioning a week or so ago, that lots of our ex-coworkers are unable to find new positions. And many of them are very good workers. The friend was wondering why that was so, considering the unemployment numbers don’t seem that bad.

Well, somehow the true unemployment rate is not being reported accurately by the replacements of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the administration gutted the group, last year, because they didn’t like the numbers. 

The unemployment rate has been reported as either 4.3 or 4.4% each month since Trump fired the head person in August 2025.
But here are some stats reported by non-government agencies. There were fewer new jobs created in all of 2025, than just in the single month of December 2024.

About 130,000 new jobs were created in the first quarter of 2026 combined for all 3 of the months.  In 2024, the country averaged 186,000 new jobs created per each of the 12 months.   That was over 500,000 per quarter. This is per ADP research out of Stanford labs.

Thus, in 2025, very few new jobs were created, while plenty are being eliminated. This suggests the unemployment rate should be rising rapidly, not staying steady as the government is pretending it is.

As a per year total of new jobs, there were 2.2 million created in 2024 but only 181 thousand in 2025.  

Job losses finish the story.  Approximately 750 thousand jobs were lost in 2024. But well over a million jobs lost in 2025.  

Try and spin those numbers to make it seem good.  You can’t.  If 2.2 million were created in 2024, but 750 thousand were lost, that is a net increase of more than 1.4 million jobs. If 181 thousand were created in 2025, but 1 million were lost, that is a net loss of over 800 thousand.

Perhaps, under the administration’s new math system, if there are no new jobs for you to take, then you are not unemployed. And thus, the unemployment rate is 600% better for 2025 than it was in 2024. Yeah, that’s it. NOT!!!!

Then there are the inflation numbers. Yes, I know that the reason gas is selling at over $4.30 a gallon, and Diesel at over $5.00 a gallon, is because of the war (that isn’t a war now because there is a cease-fire that is not a cease-fire, and the water passage for commodities in and out of the middle east are open, but not accessible, and the billions and billions of dollars used to continue the non-war, aren’t available for making America first). Hey, I can write almost as unintelligibly as the administration.

But back to inflation. Reported numbers — March 2026, 3.30% ; 2025, 2.68% ; 2024, 2.89% ; 2023, 3.35%. Don’t forget, midway through 2025 the head of the reporting agency was replaced because the president didn’t like the numbers. So, while the trend has shown inflation tapering off from 2023 into 2025, even the new reports have it increasing in 2026.

What I see, is each trip to the grocery store, shows prices increasing and availability decreasing. Utility rates, insurance rates, property taxes are all skyrocketing, And in complete ignorance of this, the government stated inflation rates are minuscule compared to the reality.

My inability to ignore the facts are part of why I’m so stressed. I guess I’m just not as smart as those in charge. Which is also bothersome, because I’m certain most of the leaders in all three branches of the federal government are almost as dumb as an orange turnip.

It is primary voting season right now. If you disagree with what I just wrote, vote your conscious. If you agree with what I just wrote, vote your conscious. Regardless, make your opinion count by voting. All I can hope for, is “We the People” do what we can to MASA (Make America Sane Again).

And, Enjoy Life