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Dear mhaze,

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You wrote :

« During the Trump administration, workers income increased faster than the inflation rate for the first time in 27 years. That is, the real buying power of workers improved for the first time in a generation.

Equally, unemployment for blacks reached the lowest level ever recorded and that of Hispanics was close to historic low levels. »
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You didn’t cite your sources, mhaze. Would you please do so.
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A politico article of 25 January 2024 indicates :

1. « The Commerce Department reported Thursday that GDP expanded 3.1 percent in 2023, a year that began with heavy odds of a recession and closed out with fourth-quarter growth that blew away projections. »

2. « Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said household median wealth rose by 37 percent between 2019 and 2022, according to the Treasury chief’s prepared remarks, which she called “the largest three-year increase on record.” She also touted the fact that wages are now growing faster than prices, pointing to a new Treasury analysis showing that a worker earning a median wage would have $1,400 left over after buying the same goods and services that they did in 2019.

3. « This story of the middle class is not separate from the state of the economy. It’s at the heart of it,” Yellen said in remarks in Chicago Thursday afternoon. “By middle class, I don’t mean a narrow or fixed group. I mean workers across industries and occupations— from firefighters to nurses to factory workers. »

4. « Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) said in a statement shortly after the data release. “With last year’s numbers, average annual GDP growth for the first three years of the Biden administration comes in at 3.4 percent, far outpacing the 2.6 percent during the first three years of the Trump administration.” »

http://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/25/biden-administration-economic-growth-inflation-decrease-00137777

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Kudos mhaze.

More should be said about Rino's and the cowardly contemporary Republican GOP establishment that have lost their way from people such as the Republican Founders including Benjamin Franklin. Franklin said that we should build hospitals for the poor not because it was good for the poor but because it was good for the rich. Wise words- that demonstrate an understanding of the interconnectedness and symbiotic nature of society. Trump seems to have a sense of the animus of Franklin.

I was amused at Trump's comment about Chao being "Mitch McConnell's Chinese fetish"- I think it was more an attack on McConnell- perhaps 'Pinko McConnell'- than Chao- especially given Chao isn't Chinese but Taiwanese. It seems to say something about Trump having a mind that he can simultaneously give a backhanded "compliment" to Chao while a backhanded "critisism" to McConnell. But it seems that Chao sadly didn't see it as a compliment- perhaps ceding the power to her husband. Perhaps in a sense McConnell is the senior in the marriage being the elected official. Interesting dynamic.

Someone posted the link below in one of the threads to demonstrate 'Trumps incompetance'- perhaps they could have chosen a better source than "The View".
Trump Sits Down For Heated Fox News Interview With Bret Baier | The View - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSyXYAgihsw&t=235s

They mentioned Chao in the interview

mhaze,

Wow.

It sounds like you're continuing to have a bad day.

I hope it gets better.

Accusing me of vulgarity?

Sheer BS!

Lol.

http://thefederalist.com/2020/11/02/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years/

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/11/01/donald-trump-african-american-black-economic-progress-vote-column/6081310002/

Or you could go here and run the numbers yourself to reach the same conclusion.

http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-270.pdf

I wasn't the only one to accuse you of vulgarity.

You accused yourself....

"these people to f-off. It's therapeutic and one of the best things I can do for my self-esteem."