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FJB Pitches Black Voters

Ekosj
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FJ spent the weekend making the campaign pitch to Black voters … accompanied by a giant pile of cash for Historically Black Colleges. The full frontal assault on what should be his core supporters speaks volumes. The most recent polling numbers I have seen indicated that Trump’s support among Black voters was about 20% and going up. It’s no surprise. The weaponization of the legal system against Trump is the causal factor mentioned by the talking heads. But there’s more than psychology at play. There is a stark economic case for Trump. In contrast to the MSM narrative of Trump-as-racist, the data show something very different …

Let’s look at real (inflation adjusted) wages:

Real median weekly wages of Black/African American full time employees (expressed in 1984 dollars)

BLS Data series LEU0252884600Q

Obama 1st inauguration 274

Trump inaugurated 279

Change +5

Trump inaugurated 279

Q1 2020 pre-pandemic 300

Change: +21

Biden inauguration 304

Total Change under Trump: +25

Biden inauguration 304

Today 293

Change since inauguration: -11

Change since prepandemic: -7

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LEU0252884600Q

So, in Trump’s 3 pre-pandemic years, real median wages went up 5.1% overall and 7.5% for Blacks/African Americans … far better than in Obama’s 8 years.

And people are demonstrably worse off today than in 2019.

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  • Tex929rr@Tex929rr

    BHO didn’t really care. He provided it with his “fairness“ answer about tax collections. In general, progressives really don’t care about prosperity; they’d much rather have everyone living under Soviet conditions than have anyone get rich.

    I would have said if perennially struggling Americans ever figure it out it would be curtains for the progressive movement, but maybe these changing votes are the first sign.

  • Seawriter@Seawriter
    ReplyingtoTex929rr

    Tex929rr (View Comment):

    In general, progressives really don’t care about prosperity; they’d much rather have everyone |but them| living under Soviet conditions than have anyone |other than them| get rich.

    Fixed it for you. Remember, progressives believe in doing well by doing good - that is to say they prosper while everyone else suffers. Socialism is for looters and suckers.

  • Tex929rr@Tex929rr
    ReplyingtoSeawriter

    Tex929rr (View Comment):
    In general, progressives really don’t care about prosperity; they’d much rather have everyone |but them| living under Soviet conditions than have anyone |other than them| get rich.

    Seawriter (View Comment):

    Fixed it for you. Remember, progressives believe in doing well by doing good – that is to say they prosper while everyone else suffers. Socialism is for looters and suckers.

    Aparatchiki are always OK.

  • Tex929rr@Tex929rr
    ReplyingtoSeawriter

    Tex929rr (View Comment):
    In general, progressives really don’t care about prosperity; they’d much rather have everyone |but them| living under Soviet conditions than have anyone |other than them| get rich.

    Seawriter (View Comment):

    Fixed it for you. Remember, progressives believe in doing well by doing good – that is to say they prosper while everyone else suffers. Socialism is for looters and suckers.

    That actually reveals an important point - why aren’t they angry that Bernie has three homes and Nancy has a $20K freezer?

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