[HamiltonJay]

Exactly, the labor costs have been be artificially depressed for over a generation.. nearly 2...

GDP per capita under Reagan 4%, under Clinton 3%, under Bush 2% and under Obama 1%... The Globalists have been destroying our Nation from within for nearly 40 years.... Trump’s policies of putting NATION first, are working... and the market has to adjust to the new reality.

[Alberta's Child]

You raise good points, but keep in mind that our aging population and social pathologies are the biggest factors in our declining per-capita GDP.

We simply cannot maintain a high level of GDP growth when we have so many people who are beyond their working years and/or unemployable for other reasons.