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Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.

5 (45.5%)

A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.

5 (45.5%)

A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.

0 (0%)

More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.

0 (0%)

A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.

1 (9.1%)

More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.

0 (0%)

DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.

0 (0%)

Huge disruption to the day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM

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 News Item
 
WASHINGTON—U.S. employers hired at a solid clip in October, showing the job market remains strong even in the face of labor strikes and trade disputes.

The economy added 128,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday. Job creation in September and August was revised up by a net 95,000. The jobless rate ticked up to 3.6% last month from 3.5% in September. The prior month’s reading was the lowest rate since December 1969.

Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

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https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-10-30/us-economy-grew-at-19-rate-in-third-quarter-slight-decrease-from-second

1.9% growth rate in the 3rd quarter.

I am sure that Ward will be along to brag about it any second now.

Strangely, I guess not.

Nor did he come here to brag about business investment being down 3%.

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

This is paltry Trump change.  At full employment based on the history we should be at 4%, at least.

No significant increase in growth, Business investment down, wages almost flat, Fed lowering rates for a third time this year to head off a downturn, and for that we blew a $2 Trillion hole in the budget.

Trump tax cuts, like everything else about his administration, a dismal failure.

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

This is paltry Trump change.  At full employment based on the history we should be at 4%, at least.

No significant increase in growth, Business investment down, wages almost flat, Fed lowering rates for a third time this year to head off a downturn, and for that we blew a $2 Trillion hole in the budget.

Trump tax cuts, like everything else about his administration, a dismal failure.

Sorry, to be clear, a failure for Americans.  For the Trump reelection campaign's coffers, the tax cuts have been great!

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

.....wages almost flat,     

A 3 per cent increase= flat?
Now you know why the democrats only want to talk Impeachment!
LOL.

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

.....wages almost flat,     

A 3 per cent increase= flat?
Now you know why the democrats only want to talk Impeachment!
LOL.

With 2.5% inflation, yes, 3% is almost flat, as I said.

And the rate of increase is literally flat, or actually down, since the start of the year.

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

.....wages almost flat,     

A 3 per cent increase= flat?
Now you know why the democrats only want to talk Impeachment!
LOL.

With 2.5% inflation, yes, 3% is almost flat, as I said.

And the rate of increase is literally flat, or actually down, since the start of the year.

Then you don’t understand the relevance of inflation. As William Galston wrote a few weeks ago( I posted it) if the democrats are out to kill the “ King” but fail they will find he is going to be around for four more years. Because if 2020 is about Trump’s economic performance the dems will have a tough road to hoe.

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

.....wages almost flat,     

A 3 per cent increase= flat?
Now you know why the democrats only want to talk Impeachment!
LOL.

With 2.5% inflation, yes, 3% is almost flat, as I said.

And the rate of increase is literally flat, or actually down, since the start of the year.

Then you don’t understand the relevance of inflation. As William Galston wrote a few weeks ago( I posted it) if the democrats are out to kill the “ King” but fail they will find he is going to be around for four more years. Because if 2020 is about Trump’s economic performance the dems will have a tough road to hoe.

Lol.  Yes, inflation is totally irrelevant to a discussion of wage growth.  Which is why your own citation (like anyone else reporting on the subject) compared wage growth to inflation.

2020 is not going to be about Trump's economic performance, and the one making sure that doesn't happen will be Trump.  But any honest discussion of his performance in that arena would note that we have continued decent growth in spite of, not because of, Trump's economic policy.  Tax cuts unsuccessful, tariffs and trade policy killing manufacturing and farmers, uncertainty hurting investment growth. 

Fed policy and huge increases in government spending are floating things.  But trend lines are not pointing to any improvements from now until next November. 

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But Trump is bringing back coal, right?

No.

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/29/774391189/nations-largest-coal-producer-and-trump-booster-files-for-bankruptcy

And for this we all have to suffer from poorer air quality.

In the Trump era, it’s probably healthier to hold that breath of relief. Despite a 25 percent decline in fine-particulate pollution over the seven years prior to Trump’s election, that form of pollution grew by 5.5 percent from 2016 to 2018, according to an analysis of EPA data by researchers at Carnegie Mellon. As the New York Times notes, fine-particulate pollution, defined as particles with a diameter of about one-thirtieth of a human hair, “has been linked to a range of health problems including asthma and respiratory inflammation, lung cancer, heart attack and stroke. A recent study found a significant link between air pollution and the risk of miscarriage.” The 5 percent uptick was also associated with almost 10,000 premature deaths in the two-year period — in addition to the 50,000 to 120,000 Americans that the EPA estimates die prematurely every year due to air pollution.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/air-pollution-increases-under-trump-after-7-year-decline.html

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

.....wages almost flat,     

A 3 per cent increase= flat?
Now you know why the democrats only want to talk Impeachment!
LOL.

With 2.5% inflation, yes, 3% is almost flat, as I said.

And the rate of increase is literally flat, or actually down, since the start of the year.

Then you don’t understand the relevance of inflation. As William Galston wrote a few weeks ago( I posted it) if the democrats are out to kill the “ King” but fail they will find he is going to be around for four more years. Because if 2020 is about Trump’s economic performance the dems will have a tough road to hoe.

Lol.  Yes, inflation is totally irrelevant to a discussion of wage growth.  Which is why your own citation (like anyone else reporting on the subject) compared wage growth to inflation.

You might want to try that one again.

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

.....wages almost flat,     

A 3 per cent increase= flat?
Now you know why the democrats only want to talk Impeachment!
LOL.

With 2.5% inflation, yes, 3% is almost flat, as I said.

And the rate of increase is literally flat, or actually down, since the start of the year.

Then you don’t understand the relevance of inflation. As William Galston wrote a few weeks ago( I posted it) if the democrats are out to kill the “ King” but fail they will find he is going to be around for four more years. Because if 2020 is about Trump’s economic performance the dems will have a tough road to hoe.

Lol.  Yes, inflation is totally irrelevant to a discussion of wage growth.  Which is why your own citation (like anyone else reporting on the subject) compared wage growth to inflation.

You might want to try that one again.

No thanks.  Got it right the first time.  If the point went over your head that is neither surprising, nor fixable without interventions that go beyond what I can do for you on a message board.

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Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

.....wages almost flat,     

A 3 per cent increase= flat?
Now you know why the democrats only want to talk Impeachment!
LOL.

With 2.5% inflation, yes, 3% is almost flat, as I said.

And the rate of increase is literally flat, or actually down, since the start of the year.

Then you don’t understand the relevance of inflation. As William Galston wrote a few weeks ago( I posted it) if the democrats are out to kill the “ King” but fail they will find he is going to be around for four more years. Because if 2020 is about Trump’s economic performance the dems will have a tough road to hoe.

Lol.  Yes, inflation is totally irrelevant to a discussion of wage growth.  Which is why your own citation (like anyone else reporting on the subject) compared wage growth to inflation.

You might want to try that one again.

No thanks.  Got it right the first time.  If the point went over your head that is neither surprising, nor fixable without interventions that go beyond what I can do for you on a message board.

Gotcha. 

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Washington Post/ABC News Poll:

Trump at 38% approval
Majority of Americans, 49%-47%, approve of impeaching and removing Trump.
44% strong for removal vs. 37% strong for remaining.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/context-card/eea087b6-ca22-4cd9-a254-6bdd49d000a4/

That is a plurality, not a majority.

Sincerely,
Language Police

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News Item
 
WASHINGTON—U.S. employers hired at a solid clip in October, showing the job market remains strong even in the face of labor strikes and trade disputes.

The economy added 128,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday. Job creation in September and August was revised up by a net 95,000. The jobless rate ticked up to 3.6% last month from 3.5% in September. The prior month’s reading was the lowest rate since December 1969.

Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

And yet job growth in the 33 months of the Trump administration continues to lag, by over a million jobs, the job growth over the last 33 months of the Obama administration.

[REDSTATEWARD]

News Item
 
WASHINGTON—U.S. employers hired at a solid clip in October, showing the job market remains strong even in the face of labor strikes and trade disputes.

The economy added 128,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday. Job creation in September and August was revised up by a net 95,000. The jobless rate ticked up to 3.6% last month from 3.5% in September. The prior month’s reading was the lowest rate since December 1969.

Meanwhile, wage gains continued to outpace inflation. Average hourly earnings climbed 3% from October 2018.Yes

And yet job growth in the 33 months of the Trump administration continues to lag, by over a million jobs, the job growth over the last 33 months of the Obama administration.

Uh huh. LOL.