Biggest reason for economic “turnaround” is a bunch of people who were pretending the economy was worse than it was are now pretending it’s better than it is.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Really, so reality isn’t real to you. Apparently you haven’t heard the personal stories of those affected positively or have any idea of what the unemployment numbers are right now in the moment.
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Replying to @knoxannie
Here's a graph of unemployment starting in 2009. Do you see a big turnaround in 2017?pic.twitter.com/VRnecAocnN
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Yes, I do when you look at the numbers before 2016 through Obama years, they’re horrific.
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Replying to @knoxannie @NGrossman81
Here. We'll add some shading so you can see this more clearly.pic.twitter.com/wEUCH31lda
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Replying to @clayranck @NGrossman81
Apparently you didn’t read my tweet, yes Obama did create “jobs”, but they were paid by taxpayer money. There were also bailouts for company’s to keep them from failing. So yes, Obama propped up a failing job market with tax payer money, but true job creation has occurred after O
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Replying to @knoxannie @clayranck
Here's a graph of monthly private sector job creation since 2009. Looks like a steady trend to me. How are you determining which jobs are "true" and which aren't?pic.twitter.com/3wwuQjWcCM
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Btw, honestly, are you happy GDP is at 4.1%? Or do you begrudge it, because
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Begrudge economic growth? Never. More growth is better than less. But I'm hesitant to say happy, because there's a decent chance it's artificial, driven more by companies rushing to get ahead of trade wars than by a real improvement in underlying economic conditions. We'll see.
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