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Wellstone ruled

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Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2019, 03:00 PM

May 2019

equation . Obama years laid the foundation to what we are seeing in continued expansion. The Auto Bailout alone saved and regenerated several sectors of our economy.

Now we are seeing a slow down coming due to Republican Policies that are crippling this same industry. As long as Corporate America can use the Tax Code as a Profit Maker as well as destroy their own Industries,nothing changes .

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Two factors affecting Trump's "great" economy [View all] kentuck May 2019 OP

Part of the Wellstone ruled May 2019 #1

GDP Q1 2019: 3.2%. Q1 2015: 3.3%. Deficit for year 2015: $438m. 2019: over $1billion. Doodley May 2019 #2

I am a baby boomer and a lot of people I know are too scared to retire or have very few assets kimbutgar May 2019 #3

Not to mention that eliminating all those environmental protections unitedwethrive May 2019 #4

Definitely! kentuck May 2019 #5