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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Obama brought us back economically from the brink. Its amazing how Republicans conveniently forget the Great Recession that Obama inherited upon entering office. When Trump took office the economy had stabilized and was slowly and steadily growing. It is true, growth had plateaued wasn't growing as fast as many wanted.
It's also true that many economic indicators improved. Some of that is the optimism attendant with a new Aministration. Some of it relates to the short term gain by the role back of regulations (albeit short sighted and detrimental in the long haul).
Wages are up, but that had stagnated for at least two decades, so an increase was long overdue. Unemployment is down, but the type of jobs that were created are lower paying and mostly service industry. They are the type of jobs that do not pay benefits, are not fulltime (a purposeful method to avoid having to offer benefits by claiming they are not fulltime employees).
Black and Hispanic employment is truly up, but it was so far below the national average, that it only took a few job increases to positively improve the numbers.
Many people at it below the poverty line still need two or three jobs to survive. Trump's supposed economic improvements haven't changed that fact for many on our society. The marginal improvements experienced by most people as a consequence of the Republican Tax Cut is waning and beginning disappear. The percieved advantage to the Middle class has just about tun its course. Another year and the benefits will no longer exist.
t1nick
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July 28, 2019
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Pesky details should not get in the way of truth.
silverotter11
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July 28, 2019
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Yes, but the people who voted for him are not very good at writing and reading.
Jolanta
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July 26, 2019
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That only applies to maybe 1/10 of those who voted against Hillary, the warmonger.
@Jacar Nice to see you're still around, still making irrelevant points.
@Jacar What and the Republicans are not warmongers?
@Jacar First off, if you consider 46.1% "nearly 50%", then your definition of "nearly" is not the same as mine. Second, the 48.2% who voted for Clinton would be better qualified to be "nearly 50%".
But what I cited as your "irrelevant point" is your characterization of Hilary Clinton. What wars did she start?
The Obama administration was handed 2 wars in progress with no good exit strategy. By the end of the administration, the number of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan had been cut by (if I recall correctly) almost 90 percent. Truly, Secretary of State Clinton was a warmonger.
Perhaps you're referring to her vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq to begin with. She made clear, along with many other senators, that voting to give G W Bush the authority to use force was intended to give him a tool to pressure Saddam Hussein to let the inspectors do their work, and that any force would be preceded by building a coalition and international agreement, as his father did. No Democrat intended for us to go it alone.
@Jacar stoopid does as stoopid is.
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