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Old 10-31-2018, 02:18 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, La. USA
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Originally Posted by evilnewbie View Post
Donald Trumps policies overall will decrease regular Americans spendable income.

Trumps tax cuts do the following,

Raise workers income by 0.8%
Raise middle class income by 1.5%
Raise the richest 1% income by 13.5%
Raise the richest 0.1% income by 14.2%
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetno.../#1ccb08765b9d

And to offset the cost of tax cuts for the richest 1% of Americans Trumps budget cuts $3.6 trillion dollars from programs used by regular Americans (causing regular Americans to have more out of pocket expenses.)
Trump budget cuts spending by $3.6 trillion over 10 years, with deep cuts to safety net - Chicago Tribune

To further pay for the tax cuts republicans plan to cut Social Security and Medicare (giving retired Americans less income and more out of pocket medical expenses.)
https://www.newsweek.com/tax-plan-so...s-rubio-729133
Sen. Rubio tells a secret: After giving a tax cut to the rich, GOP will cut Social Security and Medicare

Trump also abolished a overtime regulation and caused 4.2 million workers to loose billions of dollars in overtime pay.
https://www.americanprogress.org/iss...rtime-pay-cut/
https://qz.com/1072054/dismantling-t...n-from-within/

Trump abolished retirement regulations and workers will lose billions of dollars in retirement savings.
The first 100 days: President Trump

And Trump abolished regulations protecting workers from wage theft.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b03692bea814c9

Then Trumps tariffs will raise consumer prices on everything from American made soft drinks to GM automobiles (causing consumers to get less goods for their money.)
Coke Is Raising Prices Because of Donald Trump's Tariffs | Money
https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/29/new...iff/index.html

And Trumps tax cuts will add $2.2 trillion dollars to our national debt (leaving regular Americans with a government less able to assist them.)
Trump and GOP Tax Cut Could Cost Your Kids $2.2 Trillion | Time
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Old 10-31-2018, 02:26 PM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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For doing what? Rallying? Tweeting? Vacationing? Show us how Trump raised wages. Come on, you can do it.
Trump is President. The President has a cabinet. Wages rose.


Figure it out.
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Old 10-31-2018, 02:30 PM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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Thank you president Obama for saving the economy and pulling us out of a recession and creating 57 months in a row of economy growth.

Thank you president Trump for not passing any major legislation that messes with the economy to continue to allow the growth that has been going on for years before he took office to continue.
The tax cut is major legislation.
No one - no one at all - seriously believes the current economic conditions are the doings of Obama.
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Old 10-31-2018, 03:33 PM
 
Location: St Paul
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Even more important is that wages are rising for the lowest earners. That's the real difference this time. This is what happens when the POTUS is working for Main St., rather than Wall St.
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Old 10-31-2018, 03:43 PM
 
Location: New Jersey (Europe Sep ‘19)
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Not blaming Trump on this but it’s plain bs. Many larger corporations are cheapos where biggest revenue goes towards upper leaders/CEO’s.
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Old 10-31-2018, 03:46 PM
 
Location: City Data Land
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Yes, and strong jobs growth, low inflation, and the best consumer confidence numbers in 18 years.

I can't think of betters reasons for voters to continue to vote for Republicans.
I can. I can think of millions of Americans who would love to go to the doctor when they get sick and the Republicans are not helping us do that.
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Old 10-31-2018, 04:01 PM
 
Location: NC
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Huh. I wish.

The organization I work for just instituted a hiring/wage freeze. No one is getting raises in 2019.

For the record, no one in my organization earns more than $80,000 - not even the CEO.
really? No one?

get some in demand skills...its very easy to get employment over $80k without living in a cost of living hellhole like NY or CA, too.

I started my first salaried job out of college higher than that.
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Old 10-31-2018, 04:13 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Those are average wages, middle class wages are still stagnant while the top few percentiles drove the average wages up. So if you are in one of the top brackets you have reason to celebrate but if you are middle class not so much.
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Old 10-31-2018, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, Ga
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Higher wages for who? Only ones I see getting higher wages are corporate officers and high skill workers. You can’t expect most people to aim to get those wages when only 10% of the population is.

I do know one thing we can appreciate being higher...the price of everything.
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Old 10-31-2018, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Homeless
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No raises where I work not hearing of anyone else getting them either.
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