Bang-up jobs report shows DOGE is . . . working

The latest jobs report suggests DOGE is working as intended, contrary to all the lefty screaming around Elon Musk’s government-slim-down initiative. 

US employers added 177,000 jobs in April in a surprisingly strong report; labor-force participation rose even as federal jobs plummeted by 9,000.

That fed-jobs figure is down 26,000 in total since January.

In other words . . . this is exactly what should be happening. 

I.e., US job gains should be fueled by private-sector growth, not by adding ever more padding to Uncle Sam’s payroll. 

And the idea bruited by the media — that slashing fed jobs would somehow plunge both society and the economy into a death spiral — has been proven utterly wrong. 

Yet again, media doomsaying has proven premature at least. 

Note, too, that these job gains came even as President Trump roiling the markets and feeding business angst.

That suggests that the overall Trump economic program is still increasing employer optimism, especially amid signs that trade deals with America’s friends and allies should soon put the doomsday scenarios to rest.

Above all, the new numbers show what everyone already knew: i.e. that the Biden theory of job growth — i.e. spend, spend, spend, and jack up government employment — was never going to be sustainable.

It’s early days (even if the breakneck pace Trump moves at makes it feel otherwise) but these green shoots are beyond encouraging.