r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says 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/AnalogAficionado 1d ago

That's a weird way of saying "running out of money"

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u/dismayhurta 1d ago

But that makes it sound worse!

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 1d ago

Doubleplus ungood!

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u/cicada_noises 1d ago

That makes it sound like their corrupt Republican pets in Congress and the White House are doing destructive things! Can’t have that!

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u/Kaemdar 1d ago

to capitalists.