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Old 01-05-2018, 07:35 AM
 
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We have what officials call "full employment" now. How much better do you want it to get ?
Tell that to Trump fans, they think the economy was bad under Obama (or at least that's what right-media told them to think).
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:35 AM
 
Location: NE Ohio
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If Hillary had been elected you would be rejoicing over it.
Oh, sure, I just love socialism, and the eight Obama years were such a panacea.
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:37 AM
 
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Huh? Look at the source! This is a lie.

Here's the truth:
Hannity - Thursday, January 4| Latest News Videos | Fox News
Hannity? LOL.
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:37 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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But ... but ... I thought the economy was supposed to BOOM under Trump!

Job growth slows to a six-year low in Trump’s first year

You do see the common sense aspect of how this all works, right?

The current unemployment rate is at 4.1%, a 17-year low. With such a low unemployment rate, they are not that many jobs to be created as there are when it's at 8 or 9 percent..

When the unemployment rate in 2011-2012 was 8% - 9%, there are more people out of work, hence, more jobs that can be created.
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:40 AM
 
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But, but I thought the tax bill is supposed to supercharge growth and spur companies to invest and bring back jobs to America?!?

Or is that wishful thinking?
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:41 AM
 
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You do see the common sense aspect of how this all works, right?

The current unemployment rate is at 4.1%, a 17-year low. With such a low unemployment rate, they are not that many jobs to be created as there are when it's at 8 or 9 percent..

When the unemployment rate in 2011-2012 was 8% - 9%, there are more people out of work, hence, more jobs that can be created.
Hence, why Trumps vision of 4% growth is crock.
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Crooklyn, New York
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You do see the common sense aspect of how this all works, right?

The current unemployment rate is at 4.1%, a 17-year low. With such a low unemployment rate, they are not that many jobs to be created as there are when it's at 8 or 9 percent..

When the unemployment rate in 2011-2012 was 8% - 9%, there are more people out of work, hence, more jobs that can be created.
That would make sense were it not for the fact that the American population continues to grow year after year.
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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But ... but ... I thought the economy was supposed to BOOM under Trump!

Job growth slows to a six-year low in Trump’s first year

We're fine, we've had positive job growth every month since we elected Republicans to run Congress in 2010. 4.1% unemployment and lowest black and hispanic unemployment ever or good news to everyone except Democrats.

This tax reduction will grow the economy making wealth for every American that participates in the economy...#MAGA
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:42 AM
 
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But, but I thought the tax bill is supposed to supercharge growth and spur companies to invest and bring back jobs to America?!?

Or is that wishful thinking?

LOL....has it kicked in yet? Of course not....nice try though...
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Old 01-05-2018, 07:44 AM
 
Location: Kansas City, MISSOURI
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Every single number and claim in the link can be verified by going to the original source:
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0..._view=net_1mth

Download the numbers into a spreadsheet yourself and you'll find that the claim about a 6-year low is 100% true.
Because undoubtedly some people are going to be too lazy, here are the numbers (in thousands):

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2010 23 -68 164 243 524 -137 -68 -36 -52 262 119 87 1061
2011 43 189 225 346 77 225 69 110 248 209 141 209 2091
2012 358 237 233 78 115 76 143 177 203 146 132 244 2142
2013 211 286 130 197 226 162 122 261 190 212 258 47 2302
2014 190 151 272 329 246 304 202 230 280 227 312 255 2998
2015 234 238 86 262 344 206 254 157 100 321 272 239 2713
2016 126 237 225 153 43 297 291 176 249 124 164 155 2240
2017 216 232 50 207 145 210 138 208 38 211 252 148 2055
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