Trump's handling of border immigrants, rather than creating a viable law regulating the flow of workers back and forth, is contributing to a housing construction - the demand exceeds availability because it takes ten or more months to obtain labor, now at a very high cost.
The strength of our economy can be an important measure of presidential performance, but it shouldn't be a higher priority than leaders' integrity, patriotic loyalty and respect for the rule of law, which underpin every aspect of our culture, security and prosperity.
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The extreme shortage of construction labor is thwarting reconstruction following massive weather disasters and, in combination with rising costs from the tariff war, causing an escalation of home & other construction costs. For homes, rising cost way exceeds income increase.
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Whose economy is better? The guys in the ‘hood who’ve given up looking for work? The single moms driving for Uber on the side to make ends meet? Trump’s measure of the economy is the stock market. How does that help pay for groceries?
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It shouldn't be a higher priority than *leaders'* integrity, patriotic loyalty and respect for the rule of law. We’re not talking about a leader.
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Plus Donald Trump knows nothing about how the economy works. If he was quizzed by any economist he would fail even the basics.
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80% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Our national debt is skyrocketing. Our trade deficit is exploding. Only the very privileged few are seeing any economic growth. Gross incompetence and corruption reigns within the
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Also, people need to stop thinking that the President sits at a desk with two levers for "Stock Market" and "Gas Prices".
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Jason Chaffetz Utah During his tenure as a US Representative, his political positions included opposition to the Affordable Care Act, same-sex marriage, and the scientific consensus on climate change. He expressed skepticism over mandatory vaccinations....start fixing Utah 1st
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