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onecaliberal

(32,858 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 08:30 PM Feb 2020

Trump claims of blue collar boom is just another lie.

The “real” value of hourly wages for manufacturing workers — that is, the actual buying power of worker pay when adjusting for inflation — since Trump took office at the start of 2017 has dropped by 3.88 percent, with the situation looking even more grim when the real value of fringe benefits is included in the figures.

https://www.inquisitr.com/5880323/report-donald-trump-blue-collar-boom-not-exist/

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Trump claims of blue collar boom is just another lie. (Original Post) onecaliberal Feb 2020 OP
Anyone paying attention knows this captain queeg Feb 2020 #1
THIS is what Democrats need to be shouting from the rooftops... SMC22307 Feb 2020 #2
Exactly. They should be talking about this non stop. onecaliberal Feb 2020 #3

captain queeg

(10,197 posts)
1. Anyone paying attention knows this
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 08:44 PM
Feb 2020

Unfortunately some people aren’t paying attention, at least to reality. Too many spend their time on some sort of social media and what they see carries more weight than what happens in their own life.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
2. THIS is what Democrats need to be shouting from the rooftops...
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:34 PM
Feb 2020

stop letting Trump bleat on about how great things are. These wages matter to PI, MI, and WI, states we MUST carry.

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