93,000 Jobs Outsourced in Trump's first year - most in years

[_Kevin Graham]

Wasn't this something he kept going on and on about during his campaign?

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/93- ... 24525.html

[_subgenius]

Lame.
Your source material is MSNBC and a labor union fat-cat...so yeah, lame.

Nevertheless, did you have a point or were youjustposting trivial information? I mean was there a campaign promise or party platform that claimed outsourcing of jobs would be banned/eradicated/ceased?....and which jobs?...and note that this "outsourcing scandal" comes with increased wages, unemployment claims decrease, and domestic job growth.

But alas...you had a point I'm sure (other than the one between your odd little ears)

[_Kevin Graham]

The method used to determine 93,000 outsourced jobs is the same method they've always used and this past year was worse than previous years. Dismissing it because you don't like the source is typical of morons like you. As far as who said they'd solve the outsourcing problem, your King Trump did:

“One of Trump’s most recurrent campaign promises was to protect American jobs from being shipped overseas,” AFSCME expressed on its website. “But something’s changed. After 100 days in office, Trump continues to reward U.S. companies that offshore jobs.”

Despite Trump’s anti-outsourcing promise, labor secretary nominee sent jobs overseas

Trump abandons campaign promise to penalize outsourcing, offers tax breaks instead

note that this "outsourcing scandal" comes with increased wages

Thanks primarily to the Obama recovery along with numerous states implementing those liberal policies of minimum wage increases providing $5 billion in annual wages for 4.5 million workers nationwide. Liberal policies, nothing to do with Trump. #MAGA

unemployment claims decrease

Thanks primarily to a worsening Labor Participation rate that dropped from 63.0% to 62.7% in 2017. #MAGA

domestic job growth.

2017 was the worst year for job growth since 2010. #MAGA

And on top of that, disposable family income is at its worst since 2009. And the bull market that has been going on since Obama's first term has only recently failed to keep up with other international markets that have been booming.

[_subgenius]

So during the Obama years it was "Bush's fault" and during the Trump year it's "Obama's victory"...got it!

[_subgenius]

2017 was the worst year for job growth since 2010.

Hmm, i understand now, this is also because of Obama since you (in this very thread) attribute all things 2017 to BO.....got it!

Obama's economy = Obama's worst year of job growth.

Thanks KG!

[_Kevin Graham]

So during the Obama years it was "Bush's fault" and during the Trump year it's "Obama's victory"...got it!

There is no inconsistency in what I said as every President's first year is largely a result of the previous administration. Nice spin there, trying to compare "years" with a single year.

[_subgenius]

So during the Obama years it was "Bush's fault" and during the Trump year it's "Obama's victory"...got it!

There is no inconsistency in what I said as every President's first year is largely a result of the previous administration. Nice spin there, trying to compare "years" with a single year.

Actually, it is more accurate to consider that the 1st quarter is the result of the previous President...but my observation is that you are cherry picking economics - which is no surprise given your garbled views on how to economy. In other words, you can't attribute every 2017 economic good to Obama and every 2017 economic bad to Trump without looking like the economic moron you so consistently have been.
So, yeah....not inconsistent.

[_Kevin Graham]

Actually, it is more accurate to consider that the 1st quarter is the result of the previous President...

That's a spectacularly ignorant remark, but par for the course I suppose given your history of abject stupidity. What you're saying is that there is this general rule in economics that only you know of that says only the first three months of a new administration can be attributed to the guy running the economy the previous 4-8 years.

So this means we were lied to all this time about Reagan's greatness. This means that when unemployment dropped to 7.2% during Reagan's first three months, that was attributable to Carter. And then the skyrocketing unemployment we saw that hit 10-11% in Reagan's second and third years, were a result of Reaganomics.

In other words, you can't attribute every 2017 economic good to Obama and every 2017 economic bad to Trump without looking like the economic moron you so consistently have been.

That isn't what I have done at all. Though there is no doubt that the economy has been booming and heading on an upward trend for years now, there is nothing really "bad" that can be said of 2017 other than the leveling off of job creation and disposable income. I think it is fair to say that replacing Obama with a fat orange guy who tweets and golfs all day could be a reasonable explanation for that slight drop off in the recovery.

I'm more and more convinced that a President has little bearing on the economy without some signature legislation that has had time to affect it. For example, Obama's expedited legislation in his first few months that ultimately saved the American Auto industry and started us on the path to recovery. That is a valid reason to credit him for those things.

However, in 2017 Trump hadn't passed a single piece of legislation that had a prayer of affecting the economy. He thought his mere presence in the Oval office was enough to make America great. He and is clan of morons at Fox and Friends were crediting him for the economic numbers that were coming in even before he was inaugurated. He eventually signed a tax bill but that came at the tail end of his first year. Regarding the increase in outsourced jobs to 93,000, this is more about proving how full of crap Trump is when he said he'd put a stop to it if elected. He hasn't done a damn thing he said he'd do on the subject of trade and China.