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Dems need to come back and say that the economy is stronger as a result of them being elected in 2018 to control lthe House. The country is hopeful for the country since we took over the House.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)The sad thing is, the Republicans will believe him.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)and brainwashed.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Exploding deficts, trade-wars, tariffs, retreating from international trade-deals and below-average job-growth.
Let him run on his record.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Just to lie like he does? Or to brag about something they havent done?
And has the economy gotten better since the new Congress was sworn in around January 3rd? That was only about 60 days ago.
Lady_Chat
(561 posts)WASHINGTON "Americas trade deficit in goods with the rest of the world rose to its highest level in history last year as the United States imported a record number of products, including from China, widening the deficit to $891.3 billion and delivering a setback to President Trumps goal of narrowing that gap."
"But the widening gap was also exacerbated by Mr. Trumps $1.5 trillion tax cut, which has been largely financed by government borrowing, and the trade war he escalated last year."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/us/politics/us-trade-deficit.html?fbclid=IwAR1BTq_MIF3Y8lojNeZjr2luXGcsU2Q9uEHWfEjjG6Z94Y6doGV47gfx0jw
"GM shutters first of five assembly plants" https://www.design-engineering.com/gm-to-shutter-first-of-five-assembly-plants-1004032870/
"Trump said he would erase America's debt in 8 years. It's now bigger than ever." https://www.weeklystandard.com/irwin-m-stelzer/national-debt-under-trump-rises-to-21-7-trillion
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Over and over again his lies used to bait and switch his followers with. They also need to show the many ways he's hurt them by his tariffs, his tax scam , and how he set them up with Mexico would pay for the wall when he knew they wouldn't then he'd try to rob us to pay for it driving deficits much higher from their policies, and how they took just under 2 trillion from Social Security , Medicare , and Medicaid. How he lied o the tax scam bill that they would get $4,000 back. The economy will get much worse soon from these policies and deficits , then watch what they want to cut more, the wealthy's taxes, and our safety net programs again. Dems should publicize the se issues showing how this is another scam trumps promoting , not the truth.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)griloco
(832 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)should be up. He just gave corporations and the rich 1.5 trillion dollars that we didn't have and the gift is one that keeps on giving, the tax cuts are forever. These tax cuts will ensure that we run at least a trillion dollar a year deficit. The stock market, thanks to Trump, is artificially inflated. Trump gave them money that we didn't have so that corporations could use it to buy back their own stock.
I saw a headline today on msn where American's net worth fell at the largest amount during the last quarter of last year. It was the biggest drop since 2009.
Another bad omen for Trump is that gasoline prices are on the rise, $2.70/gal here in Pa.
Not much being said on the M$M about Trump's trade deficit. He said a tariff war was easy to win. Our trade deficit is at record highs and mainly with China.
I am retired and this year is the first year in a long while that I got a cost of living raise of 3.8%. The Fed better be careful if it continues to raise interest rates, that artificially stimulated stock market may not be on as solid ground as it appears.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)Which legislation passed by the Democratic House and signed into law has strengthened the economy?
We don't want to be like Trump, who claimed credit for the strong economy he inherited from Obama when the R's had not passed any economic legislation.
Truth matters. That's one of the reasons I'm a Democrat.