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2016 Postmortem

ucrdem

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6. BINGO.

Reply to Bobbie Jo (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 11:22 AM

Dec 2016

The obstructors did everything they could to stop it and when they couldn't they lied about it but the economy picked up a head of steam right when we needed it most, in October. And if TPP had gotten out of the blocks we'd be doing even better. You wouldn't know it from the "populists" though.

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178K jobs created. 4.6% unemployment, lowest since 2007. #ThanksObama [View all] Bobbie Jo Dec 2016 OP

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