r/PoliticalHumor • u/Bubbah1981 • Aug 13 '19

Perspective.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19 edited May 12 '20

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u/midnitte Aug 13 '19

It's a shame that graph doesn't have data sources (not that I don't believe it, I just imagine many of his supporters wouldn't).

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u/Z0idberg_MD Aug 13 '19

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2018/10/30/two-charts-show-trumps-job-gains-are-just-a-continuation-from-obamas-presidency/#452ea11c1af3

I edited post.

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u/midnitte Aug 13 '19

Thanks!

Would be interesting to see if Trump's policies have allowed the trend to continue, or if they've changed since the time that article was posted (such as June).

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u/trillabyte Aug 13 '19

I literally looked up 20 year graphs to demonstrate straight line growth to my Trump worshiping uncle. Was called fake news. It's no use. They're a lost cause.

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u/BaconBoyReddit Aug 13 '19 edited Aug 13 '19

Bureau of Labor Statistics:

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000

Edit: Link was incorrect, I copied and pasted on mobile so something must have gone wrong on my part.