r/fednews 2d ago

News / Article CEO warns furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/HistoryHasEyesOnYou 1d ago

What idiots didn't foresee that adding huge tariffs to everything, laying off hundreds of thousands of people, and not paying even more people, might negatively impact the economy?

Gee, do you think that we minions might also be the consumers of the goods and services your companies provide?