Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Jobs are now growing at a faster rate in Trump country than in the Democratic-leaning urban and coastal areas.


BLOOMBERG.COM
Jobs are now growing at a faster rate in Trump country than they are in the Democratic-leaning urban and coastal areas that long had been a main driver of the U.S. economic expansion.

"Unless workers have more power to negotiate for their fair share of economic awards, even a real economic boom will have limited benefit for those who need it most."

COMMONDREAMS.ORG
A tiny uptick in wages won't do much to help Americans squeezed by debt and facing rising prices for medicine, child care, housing, and other essentials.. Recent economic reports have President Donald Trump crowing.The big headline numbers do sound encouraging. The unemployment rate is down to 3.6%,...

"Skyrocketing stocks benefit only the top 10 percent of wealthy Americans who own 84 percent of stocks. And while more people are employed now than during the Great Recession, the vast majority of Americans haven’t had a real raise since 1979."
COMMONDREAMS.ORG
The American system (the Supreme Court, Congress, and the president) has conspired to crush workers.. Americans are not happy. And for good reason: They continue to suffer financial stress caused by decades of flat income. And every time they make the slightest peep of complaint about a system rigge...

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