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2016 Postmortem

okieinpain

(9,397 posts)

16. yeah so you vote for the people that cause the problem

Reply to TDBroke (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 03:04 PM

Nov 2016

I can go back all the way to the late eighties and remember those same white dudes telling me we don't need unions no more because all of that stuff is covered by government laws.

i'm really leary of putting a lot of effort into the so-called rust belt working folks vote, I think what they really want is to "make america great again".

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With unemployment under 5% Trump is starting from a very rough position for him [View all] Quixote1818 Nov 2016 OP

Trump says the real number is over 50% ......LOL putitinD Nov 2016 #1

The are going on "workforce participation" numbers davidn3600 Nov 2016 #6

Bravo!! Kilgore Nov 2016 #7

I'm an economics professor TDBroke Nov 2016 #8

Posts like this will get ignored GummyBearz Nov 2016 #9

We've seen what happens TDBroke Nov 2016 #10

I agree completely GummyBearz Nov 2016 #12

yeah so you vote for the people that cause the problem okieinpain Nov 2016 #16

I'm sure that by the time he's done being President Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #2

what i see happening with him is scapegoating some minority group JI7 Nov 2016 #3

he will blame everybody but himself NewJeffCT Nov 2016 #11

No doubt there'll be a recession during his term Stargleamer Nov 2016 #4

There are about 5000 jobs in my NY county going unfilled..... Historic NY Nov 2016 #5

Are these all GummyBearz Nov 2016 #13

From health care type to warehouse jobs, etc Historic NY Nov 2016 #14

Great point. RonniePudding Nov 2016 #15

They will make up crap, the MSM will repeat their made up crap and the UE in 3yrs will be 2.1% uponit7771 Nov 2016 #17