(06-02-2018, 01:54 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(06-02-2018, 01:27 PM)rollerjag Wrote: Is this a dispute of her points?

Do her points make one bit of sense as they relate to the topic of Jobs Report? Context man.

Right, the things she wants for us, low healthcare costs, lower gas prices, and low prescription drug prices, are all good things but they don't mean much if you ain't got a job.

Unemployment has been low enough that wages started increasing since mid 2016. This is a trend that isn't really the doing of any particular president; Obama and Trump deserve equal credit if anything, but most of the causes are beyond the control of both of them.

I do think it's fair to blame Trump for Rising gas prices, because his sabre-rattling with Iran has certainly made this worse. 

I'd be interested to get the numbers for how much wages are going up compared to how much prescription drug prices and Healthcare in general are going up. 

It may be that nobody has those numbers right now but it's more likely that Pelosi has them and the fact that she didn't specifically include them in her statement indicate that they are not in favor of her argument.

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