you know, there is this idea that oh, the economy is so great and the top-line economic numbers are good. unemployment is low. we are starting to finally see some real wage growth, particularly at the bottom. but it was striking to me, this polling out of michigan, this is the detroit chamber of commerce. so not like this is not some sort of lefty group. only 36% of people say the economy is better in the past few years. a third. almost two-thirds say worse or unchanged. that suggests to me people s lived experience of this economy does not match the top-line numbers. yeah, the national numbers are a little more optimistic than that. the gallup numbers, last time they did it, about 50% of americans say their financial situation has gotten better. 30% say it s gotten worse over the last year. so i think that the short-term economic fluctuations in most places have been positive. maybe they ve been a little worse in the upper midwest which matters. yeah. they have been which ma
but look, this is dangerous stuff. yes. trade wars, you can t just turn them on and off, and they take months to filter through the economy. and we don t really know what s going happen here. but he s playing with fire here. you know, there is this idea that oh, the economy is so great and the top-line economic numbers are good. unemployment is low. we are starting to finally see some real wage growth, particularly at the bottom. but it was striking to me, this polling out of michigan, this is the detroit chamber of commerce. so not like this is not some sort of lefty group. only 36% of people say the economy is better in the past few years. a third. almost two-thirds say worse or unchanged. that suggests to me people s lived experience of this economy does not match the top-line numbers. yeah, the national numbers are a little more optimistic than that. the gallup numbers, last time they did it, about 50% of americans say their financial situation has gotten better. 30% say
the border. i came here with my family, my stepfather, my mom and my sister. we have lived here the last nine, almost ten years. this is where i went to high school. this is where all my friends are. it is home to me. other republicans have criticized trump s comments to. me they all seem to have the same decision on immigration. he may have an accent but i m not stupid. i know i could lose my job for talking about trump. it doesn t bother me to go to work every day under his name. i don t think the rest of america feels the same way that he does. that video showing a young new yorker, 24-year-old ricardo who is a mexican immigrant. it was put out by a lefty group that has made news for their videos criticizing the tea party and other right wing causes.
the border. i came here with my family, my stepfather, my mom and my sister. we have lived here the last nine, almost ten years. this is where i went to high school. this is where all my friends are. it is home to me. other republicans have criticized trump s comments to. me they all seem to have the same decision on immigration. he may have an accent but i m not stupid. i know i could lose my job for talking about trump. it doesn t bother me to go to work every day under his name. i don t think the rest of america feels the same way that he does. that video showing a young new yorker, 24-year-old ricardo who is a mexican immigrant. it was put out by a lefty group that has made news for their videos criticizing the tea party and other right wing causes.
i m an you documented immigrant. i was about 14 when i crossed the border. i came here with my family, my stepfather, my mom and my sister. we have lived here the last nine, almost ten years. this is where i went to high school. this is where all my friends are. it is home to me. other republicans have criticized trump s comments to. me they all seem to have the same decision on immigration. he may have an accent but i m not stupid. i know i could lose my job for talking about trump. it doesn t bother me to go to work every day under his name. i don t think the rest of america feels the same way that he does. that video showing a young new yorker, 24-year-old ricardo who is a mexican immigrant. it was put out by a lefty group that has made news for their