The headlines scream layoffs and economic doom, yet the cold, hard numbers tell a very different story. Despite the endless hand-wringing and doomsday talk from the left and their media pals, American companies are holding the line on firing workers. New unemployment claims have dropped to a seven-month low, smashing economists’ gloomy forecasts. If the left’s narrative were true, we’d be seeing unemployment claims skyrocketing. Instead, businesses are showing serious restraint even as economic challenges pile up.
What’s really going on here? The liberals want to convince Americans that we’re teetering on the edge of a full-blown recession and that your job is hanging by a thread. But the data expose that as pure fear-mongering. Yes, some big-name corporations like Amazon, GM, and Verizon are trimming jobs — but these cuts are barely denting overall numbers. Companies are pausing on hiring but drawing back on layoffs. They’d rather hold onto good workers than give in to panic. Meanwhile, liberals push for more taxpayer handouts and overreach, hoping to mask their disastrous policies behind a cloud of false economic distress.
JOB CLAIMS DROP TO LOWEST LEVEL IN SEVEN MONTHS!
BREITBART – Despite plenty of headlines about layoffs, American companies are not letting go of many workers.
Americans filed 216,000 new applications for unemployment benefits last week, down 6,000 from the prior week and… pic.twitter.com/vsH8NeXAaX
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) November 26, 2025
It’s important to realize who pays the price when jobs dry up and hiring freezes catch on: hardworking Americans and real families trying to make ends meet. The rising number of people stuck on unemployment longer signals a tougher market for job seekers, but this isn’t because America’s businesses suddenly turned heartless. It’s because left-wing policies and inflation, driven by reckless government spending, have made the economy harder to navigate. The Federal Reserve knows it too — their indecision on interest rates reflects the messy fallout of Washington’s fiscal mismanagement and globalist experiments, not a normal economic cycle.
Consumer confidence is tanking, not because workers are being fired by the millions, but because the radicals running the economy have stoked anxiety and uncertainty. Over half of employed Americans fear losing their jobs, and many expect a long slog before landing new ones. That’s not just a coincidence. It’s the result of left-wing incompetence feeding a toxic economic environment through overregulation, corporate handouts, and endless political gamesmanship. If Washington focused on unleashing American energy, cutting taxes, and fostering real growth instead of chasing utopian fantasies, confidence would soar — and so would job prospects.
America’s workers deserve better than the fear and chaos served up daily by the liberal establishment. The truth is, the economy is resilient because of the guts and grit of private enterprise and everyday Americans, not government “solutions.” Will the politicians in D.C. finally stop standing in the way of prosperity, or will they keep fueling doom and gloom to push their far-left agenda? The choice is clear. Who’s really holding the line—the American worker or the liberals crashing the economy with their broken promises?

