[Microsoft's first buyouts](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/20k-job-cuts-at-meta-microsoft-raise-concern-of-ai-labor-crisis-.html) in 51 years plus Meta axing 10% of its workforce — 20,000 high-paying tech jobs just evaporated. Meanwhile, $TGT limps along with in revenue but only ] in operating cash flow. The math is devastating: when tech workers lose their paychecks, discretionary spending dies first.

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