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Old 04-07-2017, 03:25 PM
 
Location: NC
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1 data point is not a trend.

JAN = +216,000
FEB = +219,000
MAR = +98,000
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Old 04-07-2017, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Long Island, NY
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1 data point is not a trend.

JAN = +216,000
FEB = +219,000
MAR = +98,000
No, but that one datapoint undercuts Trump's boasting that he created a record number of jobs.
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Old 05-05-2017, 07:01 AM
 
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Good job President!

US unemployment hits 4.4%, lowest in a decade
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Old 05-05-2017, 07:03 AM
 
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Still using Obama math it seems. What's good for the goose is good for the gander eh?
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Old 05-05-2017, 07:08 AM
 
Location: Born & Raised DC > Carolinas > Seattle > Denver
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So not much for Trump to boast about, especially since most Americans credit the recovering economy to Obama, not Trump!
Good luck getting Trumpers to understand that LOL. Obama inhereted two wars and a recession from Bush.

It took Obama 8 years to fix everything Bush got wrong. Yet Trump has been president for 3 months and Trumpers think he's the reason our country is doing well LOL.

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Old 05-05-2017, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Texas
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That's OK, Trump has inherited a good economy, and is starting a new war. He'll have Obama's jobs statistics reversed in no time.
The economy isn't good. January 42.7 million in food stamps vs 26 million in 2006 when UE was slightly higher than now.
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Old 05-05-2017, 09:30 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Good luck getting Trumpers to understand that LOL. Obama inhereted two wars and a recession from Bush.

It took Obama 8 years to fix everything Bush got wrong. Yet Trump has been president for 3 months and Trumpers think he's the reason our country is doing well LOL.

obozo continued two wars and started 4 more problem areas

the recession was a liberal recession based on liberal policies started in the 90's

obozo did nothing for this country, ....and trump is 'trying' to fix it, probably wont be able to fix much though
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Old 05-05-2017, 09:43 AM
 
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Chains such as Sears, J.C. Penney, Macy’s, etc. have announced they will be closing hundreds of stores and laying off thousands of workers, and "retail is expected to create a big drag on overall hiring in the months ahead."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/b...ent-trump.html
Right because we're a consumer and service industry based economy that is driven by the bottom 90 percent. The group of people that the top 1 percent has a stranglehold on and stagnant wages. How retail is doing effects the economy tremendously. Guess what effects how well retail is doing? How much money people have and their surplus of money after everything else is taken care of. When all of the economic gains are going to the top 1 percent, your country is in big trouble. The US is in big trouble.
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Old 05-05-2017, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Oh, is the UE number real now? I thought it was fake news and the real number was closer to 40%.
First, you are all over the OP who is and always has been a Trump hater. So the UE numbers have never been questioned by the OP.

Second, nobody in their right minds ever claimed the true number is 40%. I'm sure you just added that as dramatic sarcasm.


The actual or "TRUE UE" is currently 8.7%

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obozo did nothing for this country, ....and trump is 'trying' to fix it, probably wont be able to fix much though
I wouldn't underestimate Trump. The left believe they have the momentum, just as they did in 2010 when they lost the House in record fashion, and 2014 when they lost the Senate. Now they believe they have the momentum to turn Congress? They still believe whining and obstruction for the sake of saying NO will work for them as it did the Pubs. Completely different circumstances and optics. The Pubs sill represent what most Americans want, while the Dems only seeming to represent the extreme partisan base and fringe.

I expect 2018 will be another huge disappointment for them, especially if Trump continues this breakneck pace of repealing through EOs, loading up the lower courts with moderate conservative judges, and getting his way even in the face of so much opposition from both sides.

He certainly got the House pubs to work together which is an astonishing feat.

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Old 05-05-2017, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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19 times Trump called unemployment numbers fake before they started to make him look good.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.616090e7a294

Then again Trump proclaimed the Electorial College was a rigged system until the EC elected him.

Regardless, there's been 8 continuous years of improvement and the trend persists.
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