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The Great America Show

Mid-Day Update: September 1, 2023

The Great America Show

Fawcett Strategies

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Lou breaks down some of today's top stories.

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0:00.0

Whether you're driving to work, cycling to a friend's place or on the way to your next

0:04.6

holiday, Amazon Music has your news fix covered.

0:08.0

As an Amazon Prime member, you have access to ad-free top podcasts.

0:12.3

To start listening, download the Amazon Music app or visit Amazon.co.uk forward slash

0:18.5

on the go news.

0:20.0

That's Amazon.co.uk forward slash on the go news and listen to your favorite podcasts

0:26.0

on the go.

0:27.0

I'm Lou Dobs with this great America show midday update.

0:31.4

Department of Labor releases disappointing jobs report.

0:34.7

Unemployment jumped to 3.8% in August hitting its highest number in 18 months.

0:40.2

Just 187,000 jobs added.

0:43.1

The Labor Department also revised law or June and July jobs numbers, law by more than 100,000

0:50.2

jobs.

0:51.2

The rising unemployment rate and slowing wage growth mean the Fed shouldn't be raising

0:56.0

interest rates this month, but with this Fed, you never know.

1:00.3

Our impaired, compromised puppet president has made a mess of just about everything he's

1:04.9

done in two and a half years, but you've got to hand it to his political advisers.

1:10.6

Their hearted work, their outbuying votes just like they did in 2020 and 2022.

1:17.0

Biden's Labor Department wants employers to pay overtime to all workers making less

1:22.6

than $55,000 a year.

1:25.8

That's very generous of Biden.

1:27.5

It's great politics and should buy him about three and a half million votes, using employer

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