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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:37 PM Aug 2018

Trump administration is America's #1 low wage job creator

When Donald Trump ran for president, he promised to be a workers’ champion who would deliver “better wages” for America’s working people.

But 18 months into his first term, President Trump has neither pushed Congress to take legislative action to raise the federal minimum wage - which has been stuck at $7.25 for a decade - nor taken executive action to boost pay for 12.5 million workers who work in private sector jobs.

As a result, Trump is now CEO of America’s top creator of poverty jobs: the U.S. government.

A new study from Good Jobs Nation - Promises Broken #1 - shows that Trump’s federal government funds more than 4.5 million jobs in the private sector that pay less than a living wage of $15 per hour. By failing to take action to raise wages, Trump is responsible for more low-wage jobs than our nation’s largest 20 employers combined, according to our research.

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/402414-trump-administration-is-americas-1-low-wage-job-creator

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Trump administration is America's #1 low wage job creator (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2018 OP
He needs to up his game, he's firing more than whats getting hired nationwide... Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1
But deplorables prefer to deal in alternative facts world wide wally Aug 2018 #2
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