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Position Paper: Donald Trump on Economy (2016 Election) - November 8, 2016

12:00 AM
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Over the last seven years, 14 million more people have left the labor force.

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The lowest labor force participation rate since the 1970s.

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1 in 5 American households do not have a single family member in the labor force.

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23.7 million Americans in their prime-earning years [ages 25-54] are out of the labor force -- an increase of 1.8 million over the last seven years.

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Real GDP grew only 1.1% in the second quarter of this year. Over the last seven years, real GDP grew 2.1% the slowest seven-year period since at least the 1940s.

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It's the weakest so-called recovery since the Great Depression.

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Hourly earnings and weakly earnings are lower today than they were in 1973.

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The number of Americans on Food Stamps during Obama's time in office has increased by more than 12 million.

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2 million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago.

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45% of African-American children under 6 are living in poverty.

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1 in 6 American men between the ages of 18-34 are either in jail or out of work.

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Student loan debt exceeds $1.3 trillion -- nearly doubling under the Obama administration.

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Since President Obama took office, the national debt has doubled.

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U.S. trade deficit in goods reached nearly 800 billion dollars last year alone.

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The U.S. homeownership rate fell to 62.9 percent in the second quarter -- the lowest rate in 51 years.