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lsc on Nov 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

Sure, there are always winners and losers; it's just there are more losers when unemployment is high and fewer when it is low.

Fewer people are unemployed than last time Obama was elected, and presumably, most of these folks didn't vote against him then, so why now?

tunap on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

McMinimum wage and under-employment don't pay the bills. While the stock market tripled in value(sic), stagflation has been reality for most.

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