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US Unemployment Rate Falls to Five-Decade Low of 3.5%

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Democrats are Wrong. Middle-Class Incomes Surging – Thanks to Trump Policies


“Middle-class incomes, after adjusting for inflation, have surged by $5,003 since Donald Trump became president in January 2017,” Stephen Moore writes for Fox News.

“These numbers contrast sharply with the 16 years prior to Trump’s presidency. In the eight years that George W. Bush was president, median income barely showed any gain, up just $401 thanks to the deep recession of 2008. In the seven and a half years that Barack Obama was president, and not including the end of the recession, which Obama inherited, incomes inched up by $1,043 (June 2009 – January 2019).”
Of course, these income surges under President Trump, “especially in the last several months, have occurred at exactly the time when many liberal economists and media talking heads were shouting ‘recession.’”

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