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[Pete F.]

Everyone knew Trump would destroy Obama’s booming economy.

Donald Trump promised that coal and steel would be the beating heart of a revived U.S. economy — a nostalgic vision that helped carry him to victory three years ago in the industrial Midwest.

But a year away from Election Day, that promised renaissance is not materializing and both sectors are faltering in ways that are painfully familiar and politically significant.

Recent data shows manufacturing jobs are disappearing across Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio, states critical to Trump’s reelection chances. On Tuesday, Murray Energy, a major mining firm with close ties to the president, became the latest of many coal companies to file for bankruptcy this year, rattling communities across Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The news followed recent layoffs at a prominent steel manufacturer in northeastern Ohio and General Motors’ final decision this fall to shutter its massive plant at Lordstown, Ohio.

The turmoil in the manufacturing and mining sectors undermines Trump’s claim to a booming economy — the bedrock of his and his Republican allies’ campaign strategy — in places where it matters most.

America's business leaders are growing more worried that the United States will enter a recession by the end of 2020. Their primary fear: protectionist trade policy.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Everyone knew Trump would destroy Obama’s booming economy.

Donald Trump promised that coal and steel would be the beating heart of a revived U.S. economy — a nostalgic vision that helped carry him to victory three years ago in the industrial Midwest.

But a year away from Election Day, that promised renaissance is not materializing and both sectors are faltering in ways that are painfully familiar and politically significant.

Recent data shows manufacturing jobs are disappearing across Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio, states critical to Trump’s reelection chances. On Tuesday, Murray Energy, a major mining firm with close ties to the president, became the latest of many coal companies to file for bankruptcy this year, rattling communities across Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The news followed recent layoffs at a prominent steel manufacturer in northeastern Ohio and General Motors’ final decision this fall to shutter its massive plant at Lordstown, Ohio.

The turmoil in the manufacturing and mining sectors undermines Trump’s claim to a booming economy — the bedrock of his and his Republican allies’ campaign strategy — in places where it matters most.

America's business leaders are growing more worried that the United States will enter a recession by the end of 2020. Their primary fear: protectionist trade policy.

how far off can bread lines be?
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

how far off can bread lines be?
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I thought everybody in CT was on welfare already, had nothing left to lose and you were funding all of them singlehandedly.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

I thought everybody in CT was on welfare already, had nothing left to lose and you were funding all of them singlehandedly.

it's the only state in the country where poverty rates increased in 2018. the richest state in the nation. hooray!

paul, what grade would
you give the current economic health of the state?
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

I thought everybody in CT was on welfare already, had nothing left to lose and you were funding all of them singlehandedly.

it's the only state in the country where poverty rates increased in 2018. the richest state in the nation. hooray!

paul, what grade would
you give the current economic health of the state?

the national economy is roaring ( not every single one of us is booming, but the macro
indicators are fine). CT is dying and is drowning in debt. you tell us what that means to you.
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