US jobless claims slow in last full week of 2025 amid weak labour market
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
rising unemployment is treated as a simple indictment of Trump-era federal workforce reductions. That framing is tidy, but it skips over what matters most in a weak labor market: where jobs are being lost, and whether Washington is crowding out the private economy. Federal payrolls are not a national jobs program, and shrinking them is not automatically a crisis.
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November saw highest unemployment since 2021, largely attributed to federal worker reductions under Trump.
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rising unemployment is treated as a simple indictment of Trump-era federal workforce reductions. That framing is tidy, but it skips over what matters most in a weak labor market: where jobs are being lost, and whether Washington is crowding out the private economy.
Federal payrolls are not a national jobs program, and shrinking them is not automatically a crisis. The real question is whether policy is fostering private-sector hiring or smothering it with uncertainty. A government that borrows endlessly to sustain headcount undermines public trust and invites higher rates that hit workers far from D.C.
Conservatives start with fiscal discipline, fairness to taxpayers, and institutional stability. If unemployment is rising, the answer is to clear barriers to investment and production, not to treat the federal ledger like a permanent employment plan.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.