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10 Dec 21

The US economy added 5,583,000 jobs, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.This is the highest number of jobs created in the first 10 months of any presidency since records began in 1939. Wages in the US are up 4.9% this October compared with the same time last year.

Now let’s talk about TFG. Trump was the first president since Hoover to leave office with less jobs. But the economy grew only 2.3% in 2019
The real GDP declined 3.4% in 2020 from the previous year. It was the largest drop since 1947

The economy lost 2.9 million jobs. The unemployment rate increased by 1.6 percentage points to 6.3%.

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Irishrygirl

@irishrygirl

6 Dec 21

@NikkiHaley

Let’s talk about Nikki Haley’s record when she was governor of South Carolina… @NikkiHaley

You championed to bring Volvo plant to the state, had a reported price tag of $70 million of state "surplus" money and a remaining $53 million through economic development bonds. By one estimate, the deal could cost taxpayer $87 million in interest payments alone.

You only gave BMW, Boeing, Bridgestone and Michelin — totalled $800 million, or about $100,000 for each of the 8,000 jobs created. All 4 companies donated over $600,000 to your campaign.

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Irishrygirl

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11 Nov 21

I’ve been watching Dopesick and it makes me feel sick. It makes me feel sick because it’s personal. It’s personal because I’ve been to more funerals than weddings. I don’t need to go to high school reunions because I see all my old friends either in line at a wake or coffin

It makes me feel sick that 20 plus years later, millions dead many of those friends and patients that I loved, and nothing has changed. Big Pharma writes the rules and dictates policy. Rehabs are profit over people.

We still look down upon and think less of those who are addicts. We shame them, blame them, call them junkies and ignore them. It’s personal because I worked in a rehab for years, and the stories, the faces, the tears haunt me everyday.

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Irishrygirl

@irishrygirl

13 Apr 21

When I was pulled over for an expired registration, the trooper had my car towed and drove me home. When I got pulled over after a long night of driving, the trooper told me to drive straight home.

When I got arrested, I got handcuffed in the front, was allowed to use my phone and they officers brought me to breakfast before taking me to the court house. I think about these incidents a lot, and how different they might be if I wasn’t white.

I think about my parents never teaching me what to do if I got pulled over. I’ve never been asked to step outside the car. I’ve never felt fear if a cop is driving behind me. I’ve never censored my words/ emotions when talking to cops out of fear of retaliation.

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Irishrygirl

@irishrygirl

1 Oct 20

Four years ago, 89.7% of Americans had health insurance. By 2019, that number had dropped to 86.3%; then 5.4 million more Americans lost their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic.

Four million hospitality workers haven’t seen a paycheck since March while retail sales jobs are still down by 600,000.

Employment in manufacturing at the end of August was still down over 700,000 jobs. In fact, there are now 200,000 fewer manufacturing jobs in America than when President Barack Obama left office

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Irishrygirl

@irishrygirl

13 Sep 20

Here’s what Trump is doing to the Hispanic population. He is seeking to cut the Department of Housing and Urban Development by about $8.6 billion (15.2 percent), which would take a toll on the economic empowerment of millions of Latinos.

Today, Latinos already account for a $2.3 trillion economy—the eighth largest in the world if it were ranked on its own. Investments in programs that empower Latino communities.

While the Latino public school student population has doubled over the past 20 years, three-quarters are segregated in high-poverty schools, which suffer from fewer resources.

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