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Originally Posted by Robbie
Meanwhile new jobs report for December just came in that blew past all expectations as the US economy continues to thrive.
Can't wait for the negotiations with China to be concluded.
We are living in the best US economy of our lifetime.
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This pales into insignificance when you consider that Chump has furloughed 400,000 worker who Chump said today may not get back to work for a years.
Trump "said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of time -- months or even years," according to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who spoke to reporters in the White House driveway.
"Absolutely I said that," Trump affirmed from the Rose Garden shortly afterward. "I don't think it will, but I'm prepared."
Also consider this:
The unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 3.9 percent in December, and the
number of unemployed persons increased by 276,000 to 6.3 million. A year earlier, the
jobless rate was 4.1 percent, and the number of unemployed persons was 6.6 million.
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.6 percent) and
Blacks (6.6 percent) increased in December. The jobless rates for adult women (3.5
percent), teenagers (12.5 percent), Whites (3.4 percent), Asians (3.3 percent), and
Hispanics (4.4 percent) showed little or no change over the month.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm