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Report: Americans Made Big Wage Gains Under Trump
Breitbart ^ | February 26 2021 | NEIL MUNRO

Posted on 02/27/2021 12:24:09 AM PST by knighthawk

Average wages rose sharply in 2019 in then-President Donald Trump’s go-go economy and also rose again in 2020 as China’s coronavirus pushed many lower-income people out of jobs, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

The spikes reveal the Trump gains at the 2019 end of the EPI chart, released February 24 in the group’s annual “The State of Working America 2020 wages report.”

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KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2020election; election2016; election2020; trump; wagegain

1 posted on 02/27/2021 12:24:09 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

$2 gas, alone, made all the difference for us.

$2.70, now and I’m sure it’ll go back to the Obeyme days of $3.90 soon.

Those bastards.

Wish I could afford a moped.
Gonna need it.


2 posted on 02/27/2021 3:23:05 AM PST by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: knighthawk

Yes, but those mean tweets


3 posted on 02/27/2021 4:04:50 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Salamander

Gas is at $3.00 in some parts of Pa. Don’t forget that the new Sec. of Transportation wants to increase the gas tax.


4 posted on 02/27/2021 4:28:41 AM PST by Russ (I )
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To: knighthawk

Trump “Miss me yet?” billboards should be going up all over the country.


5 posted on 02/27/2021 4:32:48 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: knighthawk

Ping!


6 posted on 02/27/2021 5:20:35 AM PST by WhattheDickens? (Funny, I didn’t think this was 1984…)
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To: knighthawk

That’s another Trump policy to write an EO against. That money could have gone to the Chinese, Pakistan, and Iran instead of citizens just getting wealthier.


7 posted on 02/27/2021 8:17:52 AM PST by allwrong57
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