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Tonight the President, on National TV, will hold a very brief conference in which he talks about border security. Since his every word will be available to all interested ears, I thought you might like to participate in this( perhaps some other associates will join in) Because you and many others insist that Mr. Trump lies more than he tells the truth, let's put it to the test tonight. Watch his speech and list all of the lies that he tells in that speech. Then post them on this board and lets see if there is a consensus one way or the other. Are you ( and all associates) game?

What lies were told by witnesses about the Santa Fe episode?

So an agreement about the border would solve all of this, correct. But why is that inability to come to an agreement solely Trumps fault?

Is this the first ever government shutdown? Whose fault were the others?

You act as though this is the doing of only Trump. It takes two to Tango . You have no concern about Schumer and Pelosi? Do you feel his predecessor united the country?

Although you say that in jest, there are plenty who honestly believe that.

Perhaps the best part of Friday's report was that workers' wages are accelerating. Average hourly earnings rose 0.4% in December and are up 3.2% from a year ago. And that's excluding extra earnings from irregular bonuses and commissions like those paid out after the tax cut was passed. The emboldened is a note for all of the associates who believe Trump policies benefit only the rich.

Huntington has a well know "industry" that most others do not have.

Big Girl, what do you make of this and what is your opinion of Sheila Jackson Lee?

The IRS just announced that all tax returns will be paid out whether or not the govt is shutdown. ( so if Trump, as you believe, wants to harm democrats, it would now appear he wants to help them)

And Solyndra

So you are saying that the reason he wanted the shutdown is because it would do harm to federal workers who mostly voted against him?

“I don’t care that most of the workers not getting paid are Democrats, I want to stop the Shutdown as soon as we are in agreement on Strong Border Security!” the president tweeted. “I am in the White House ready to go, where are the Dems?” - I interpret that as meaning it doesnt matter who is the victim of the shutdown. He did not intend for the shutdown to have a particular impact on a particular segment of society. Apparently you interpreted it as he doesnt care about their pay if they are democrats.

I was not aware that he was calling those who are not receiving pay Democrats. Can you point me to a link? I want to see if i interpret in the same context as you.

The Secure Fence Act of 2006, which was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, authorized about 700 miles of fencing along certain stretches of land between the border of the United States and Mexico. The act also authorized the use of more vehicle barriers, checkpoints and lighting to curb illegal immigration, and the use of advanced technology such as satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles. At the time the act was being considered, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer were all members of the Senate. (Schumer of New York is now the Senate minority leader.) Obama, Clinton, Schumer and 23 other Democratic senators voted in favor of the act when it passed in the Senate by a vote of 80 to 19.

Dove, why isn't anyone circumventing the wall in Israel?

Go ahead. Pull them up. Its much easier to achieve from the depths of a recession than from an economy that is not in a recession when you take the helm. Workers getting "laid off like crazy" is not anything out of the ordinary. It accompanies every recession. There has NEVER been a recession from which we did not recover, so it is somewhat naive to believe that in 2008, the recovery from that recession could not have taken place if it were not for the economic acumen of the Obama administration, which, incidentally, NEVER achieved a 3% GDP in eight years and also provided a declining GDP in successive years beginning in 2014. By the way, Mr. Obama told this country that the new norm was a 2% or less GDP and said that manufacturing jobs were gone and though Trump said he could make them return, Mr. Obama responded with "with what, by waving a magic wand"?

HJ 73 Bridge City 37

I guess our priorities are misplaced.

You must remember that one can only criticize poorly chosen words/statements of Republicans. Democrats are exempt.

An exceptional jobs report Today's jobs report was extraordinary, ending a strong year. A few things stood out: 1) nonfarm payrolls surged above expectations with a 312k increase and revisions to the prior two months of 58k. The print likely reflects, in part, some reversal from last month's relatively weak print. Still, payroll gains averaged 254k over the last three months and 220k for the year, up from 182k in 2017. 2) The strength of the labor market is attracting workers to reenter the labor force as the labor force participation rate edged up to 63.1% from 62.9% and the unemployment rate rose to 3.9% (3.856% from 3.696%). 3) Wages strengthened further, advancing by 0.4% mom (0.402% unrounded) pushing the yoy rate up to 3.2% (3.153% from 3.127%). Bottom line: the jobs report underpins the household sector and we think the Fed should take it as a positive following a run of weaker survey data. Payrolls surge The gain in nonfarm payrolls was broad-based as both goods-producing (74k from 27k) and service providing industries (227k from 146k) accelerated on the month. On an industry level, there was a strong acceleration in employment growth in construction (38k from 0k), leisure and hospitality (55k from 18k) and education and health (82k from 21k). Some of the acceleration is likely a reversal from weakness in prior months and is therefore unlikely to continue at this pace. Nonetheless, the gains were impressive. Wage growth continues to head higher Average hourly earnings grew by 0.4% mom pushing the year-over-year rate to 3.2%, a cycle high. In 4Q, wage growth averaged 3.2%, up from 2.8% in 3Q. Growth in December was broad based with wages in the goods-producing sector growing by 2.8% and wages in the service-providing industries rising by 3.2%. Wage gains were particularly strong, relative to the previous 12 months, in information (5.7% yoy), retail trade (5.0% yoy), and construction (3.9% yoy). The upward trajectory in wages is encouraging and should help to attract more workers to reenter the labor force, as seen in this report. While one month does not make a trend, it may be that businesses have finally begun to raise wages to attract and retain employees.

An exceptional jobs report Today's jobs report was extraordinary, ending a strong year. A few things stood out: 1) nonfarm payrolls surged above expectations with a 312k increase and revisions to the prior two months of 58k. The print likely reflects, in part, some reversal from last month's relatively weak print. Still, payroll gains averaged 254k over the last three months and 220k for the year, up from 182k in 2017. 2) The strength of the labor market is attracting workers to reenter the labor force as the labor force participation rate edged up to 63.1% from 62.9% and the unemployment rate rose to 3.9% (3.856% from 3.696%). 3) Wages strengthened further, advancing by 0.4% mom (0.402% unrounded) pushing the yoy rate up to 3.2% (3.153% from 3.127%). Bottom line: the jobs report underpins the household sector and we think the Fed should take it as a positive following a run of weaker survey data. Payrolls surge The gain in nonfarm payrolls was broad-based as both goods-producing (74k from 27k) and service providing industries (227k from 146k) accelerated on the month. On an industry level, there was a strong acceleration in employment growth in construction (38k from 0k), leisure and hospitality (55k from 18k) and education and health (82k from 21k). Some of the acceleration is likely a reversal from weakness in prior months and is therefore unlikely to continue at this pace. Nonetheless, the gains were impressive. Wage growth continues to head higher Average hourly earnings grew by 0.4% mom pushing the year-over-year rate to 3.2%, a cycle high. In 4Q, wage growth averaged 3.2%, up from 2.8% in 3Q. Growth in December was broad based with wages in the goods-producing sector growing by 2.8% and wages in the service-providing industries rising by 3.2%. Wage gains were particularly strong, relative to the previous 12 months, in information (5.7% yoy), retail trade (5.0% yoy), and construction (3.9% yoy). The upward trajectory in wages is encouraging and should help to attract more workers to reenter the labor force, as seen in this report. While one month does not make a trend, it may be that businesses have finally begun to raise wages to attract and retain employees.

It is my understanding that you will receive all back pay at some point in the future. Is that correct?

And Pelosi and Shumer wont co-operate/negotiate because that would make them look bad.

And that is based on the assumption that only White Christian Old Men are watchers of Fox? You may want to secure a deeper and more competent analysis before you make your next "declaration". If the populations trends are exactly as you suggest and since these trends have been in effect for some time now, why does Fox show so well in the sweeps?