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jackk
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AAQ,

This whole discussion is not relevant except as a campaign speech. So I only discuss it as a counter argument.

Despite how much presidents like to brag about a successful economy under their watch, the nation’s economy is derived from many factors that do not involve presidential decisions — and are far beyond a president’s control.
Your numbers were all skewed in order to benefit the Trump re-election campaign. Hardly objective.
In fact , Trump used your numbers in a speech in Pittsburgh on October 23 2019.

My source for stagnant wages is Forbes. (You think I made them up ? )
The economist David Salkever, writes worse.
“REAL pay data show Trump’s ‘blue collar boom’ is more of a bust for US workers, with wages plunging 3.88% in the period. And, again, the situation is worse when we add in fringe benefits, which brings the decline to 4.33%.”