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Economic Growth
4.2 percent growth in the second quarter of 2018.
For the first time in more than a decade, growth is projected to exceed 3 percent over the calendar year.
Jobs
4 million new jobs have been created since the election, and more than 3.5 million since Trump took office.
More Americans are employed now than ever before in our history.
Jobless claims at lowest level in nearly five decades.
The economy has achieved the longest positive job-growth streak on record.
Job openings are at an all-time high and outnumber job seekers for the first time on record.
Unemployment claims at 50 year low
African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American unemployment rates have all recently reached record lows.
African-American unemployment hit a record low of 5.9 percent in May 2018.
Hispanic unemployment at 4.5 percent.
Asian-American unemployment at record low of 2 percent.
Women’s unemployment recently at lowest rate in nearly 65 years.
Female unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent in May 2018, the lowest since October 1953.
Youth unemployment recently reached its lowest level in more than 50 years.
July 2018’s youth unemployment rate of 9.2 percent was the lowest since July 1966.
Veterans’ unemployment recently hit its lowest level in nearly two decades.
July 2018’s veterans’ unemployment rate of 3.0 percent matched the lowest rate since May 2001.
Unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma recently reached a record low.
Rate for disabled Americans recently hit a record low.
Blue-collar jobs recently grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades.
Poll found that 85 percent of blue-collar workers believe their lives are headed “in the right direction.”
68 percent reported receiving a pay increase in the past year.
Last year, job satisfaction among American workers hit its highest level since 2005.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans rate now as a good time to find a quality job.
Optimism about the availability of good jobs has grown by 25 percent.
Added more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election.
Manufacturing employment is growing at its fastest pace in more than two decades.
100,000 new jobs supporting the production & transport of oil & natural gas.
American Income
Median household income rose to $61,372 in 2017, a post-recession high.
Wages up in August by their fastest rate since June 2009.
Paychecks rose by 3.3 percent between 2016 and 2017, the most in a decade.
Council of Economic Advisers found that real wage compensation has grown by 1.4 percent over the past year.
Some 3.9 million Americans off food stamps since the election.
Median income for Hispanic-Americans rose by 3.7 percent and surpassed $50,000 for the first time ever in history.
Home-ownership among Hispanics is at the highest rate in nearly a decade.
Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels ever recorded.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Lumenari
Making the country better how? By giving the people who are buying our politicians and our government a trillion dollar permanent tax break? Maybe it's by selling terrorists a hundred billion dollars in weapons? Oh I know, he's making it better by throwing fuel on the partisan fire along with the media and other bought and paid for politicians? Yeah, for sure! 😂
He has also legitimised and praised a rogue dictatorship that has been thorn in the western worlds side for decades.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
He's got millions of people pretty much worshipping him as if he's the Second Coming and can do no wrong. I'd say that's payment enough in his eyes. Those in power gave him decades of fame and fortune in return for his act today. 😂
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Lumenari
You're still ignoring him selling weapons to terrorists and rewarding the same people who have been rigging the system for decades now. 😂
originally posted by: MadLad
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Lumenari
Making the country better how? By giving the people who are buying our politicians and our government a trillion dollar permanent tax break? Maybe it's by selling terrorists a hundred billion dollars in weapons? Oh I know, he's making it better by throwing fuel on the partisan fire along with the media and other bought and paid for politicians? Yeah, for sure! 😂
He has also legitimised and praised a rogue dictatorship that has been thorn in the western worlds side for decades.
Was this before or after threatened them with Nuclear annihilation? Some see this method as negative and positive reinforcement. Others see it as “legitimizing” I guess.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: MadLad
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Lumenari
Making the country better how? By giving the people who are buying our politicians and our government a trillion dollar permanent tax break? Maybe it's by selling terrorists a hundred billion dollars in weapons? Oh I know, he's making it better by throwing fuel on the partisan fire along with the media and other bought and paid for politicians? Yeah, for sure! 😂
He has also legitimised and praised a rogue dictatorship that has been thorn in the western worlds side for decades.
Was this before or after threatened them with Nuclear annihilation? Some see this method as negative and positive reinforcement. Others see it as “legitimizing” I guess.
Les, legitimising little Kim was a bad move, it was a made despite his advisers,the intelligence community and pretty much anyone in the know with regards to nth Korea, probably best just to admit he messed up rather than trying to argue the point.
Because you can't really talk from a moral high ground, like this all didn't happen under your last President either only he royally screwed the American population at the same time.
because if your party had its way
originally posted by: Lumenari
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: MadLad
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Lumenari
Making the country better how? By giving the people who are buying our politicians and our government a trillion dollar permanent tax break? Maybe it's by selling terrorists a hundred billion dollars in weapons? Oh I know, he's making it better by throwing fuel on the partisan fire along with the media and other bought and paid for politicians? Yeah, for sure! 😂
He has also legitimised and praised a rogue dictatorship that has been thorn in the western worlds side for decades.
Was this before or after threatened them with Nuclear annihilation? Some see this method as negative and positive reinforcement. Others see it as “legitimizing” I guess.
Les, legitimising little Kim was a bad move, it was a made despite his advisers,the intelligence community and pretty much anyone in the know with regards to nth Korea, probably best just to admit he messed up rather than trying to argue the point.
So he probably should have just thrown money at NK and kicked the can down the road till we got nuked... then it would be that President's fault.
Pretty myopic world picture there.
As expected...
originally posted by: Lumenari
a reply to: MadLad
I heard an interview with his daughter once.
She said that when he decided to run for President, he gathered the family around and told them what he was going to do.
Then he pointed out that if he tried this that the media, the left and everyone else would accept nothing less than the complete destruction of himself, his wealth and by extension his family.
Then he asked them to vote on whether or not he should, because it was going to make everyone's lives harder and he wouldn't do it without the family's approval.
His son asked why he even wanted to do it.
Trump replied that the country needed fixing and he thought he could do it.
So they voted yes.
Tell me that this man wanted to run for selfish reasons.
He already had everything.
Listening to that interview made me see him in a whole new light.
He KNEW what he was getting into and did it anyway.
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: MadLad
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Lumenari
Making the country better how? By giving the people who are buying our politicians and our government a trillion dollar permanent tax break? Maybe it's by selling terrorists a hundred billion dollars in weapons? Oh I know, he's making it better by throwing fuel on the partisan fire along with the media and other bought and paid for politicians? Yeah, for sure! 😂
He has also legitimised and praised a rogue dictatorship that has been thorn in the western worlds side for decades.
Was this before or after threatened them with Nuclear annihilation? Some see this method as negative and positive reinforcement. Others see it as “legitimizing” I guess.
Les, legitimising little Kim was a bad move, it was a made despite his advisers,the intelligence community and pretty much anyone in the know with regards to nth Korea, probably best just to admit he messed up rather than trying to argue the point.
originally posted by: MadLad
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: MadLad
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
a reply to: Lumenari
Making the country better how? By giving the people who are buying our politicians and our government a trillion dollar permanent tax break? Maybe it's by selling terrorists a hundred billion dollars in weapons? Oh I know, he's making it better by throwing fuel on the partisan fire along with the media and other bought and paid for politicians? Yeah, for sure! 😂
He has also legitimised and praised a rogue dictatorship that has been thorn in the western worlds side for decades.
Was this before or after threatened them with Nuclear annihilation? Some see this method as negative and positive reinforcement. Others see it as “legitimizing” I guess.
Les, legitimising little Kim was a bad move, it was a made despite his advisers,the intelligence community and pretty much anyone in the know with regards to nth Korea, probably best just to admit he messed up rather than trying to argue the point.
“Legitimizing”. Is he legitimized in your eyes?