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@realDonaldTrump You changed your talking point. The job-growth trend, not so much (graph).
Your administration was born on 3rd base & you work to con people into thinking you hit a triple.
Your administration was born on 3rd base & you work to con people into thinking you hit a triple.
@realDonaldTrump Job growth has basically continues on the same trend you inherited. But slowed a little.
@realDonaldTrump Same story with the unemployment rates. They're low & that's wonderful. They're low thanks to progress so steady over so many years.
@realDonaldTrump Check out the trends in the number of jobseekers (red) & job openings (blue). Same story. Progress so steady over so many year made the labor market tight.
Trends you inherited have weakened. Job openings stopped growing almost a year ago & are down since Jan.
Trends you inherited have weakened. Job openings stopped growing almost a year ago & are down since Jan.
@realDonaldTrump Same story with the share of adults working. It's was improving steadily for years but the progress has stopped recently. Nothing to brag about.
@realDonaldTrump This chicken can claim it is doing an awesome job driving because it inherited the wheel when momentum's going the right direction.
When circumstances require more than squawking and preening, reality will be clear.
When circumstances require more than squawking and preening, reality will be clear.
@realDonaldTrump All our decisions together produce the economy. It doesn't change when the resident of the White House does.
So we shouldn't judge POTUSs on the state of the economy.
We should judge them on how they use the power of their office & the consequences of those choices
#priorities
So we shouldn't judge POTUSs on the state of the economy.
We should judge them on how they use the power of their office & the consequences of those choices
#priorities
@realDonaldTrump Beyond coasting on inherited trends, you've managed 1 big econ policy change: Dec 2017 #TCJA tax law. It gave a massive gift ($$ requiring no behavior change) to company owners. Profits soared.
@realDonaldTrump An average hour of work buys 1.5% more now than a year ago. That's slower real wage growth than in recent months, in 2015, or in much of 2016.
@realDonaldTrump Instead of #TCJA's tax changes that concentrated benefits among the richest Americans (dark red) & foreign investors (yellow), we could have tax changes that benefit Americans broadly.
@iteptweets analyzed 5 alternatives. #priorities
itep.org/taxcreditpropo…
@iteptweets analyzed 5 alternatives. #priorities
itep.org/taxcreditpropo…
