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Low Unemployment in the Trump Economy Over the course of President Trump’s term, the average unemployment rate has been the lowest of any President since the unemployment rate began to be recorded. The average unemployment rate during President Trump’s tenure is an astonishingly low of 3.9%. President Trump beat out former President Dwight Eisenhower who was the first President to have the unemployment rate recorded during his presidency and was also the President with the lowest average unemployment rate of 4.3% until Trump (Washington Examiner). Small Businesses Benefited from Tax Cuts According to a recent Gallup survey, 69% of small business owners reported benefiting the tax cuts included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which was a significant accomplishment of President Trump (Gallup). American Happiness in the Highest Level in More than a Decade According to a recent Gallup poll, the level of American happiness/satisfaction with life is the highest since 2004 with 90% of Americans being satisfied with their life (Gallup). Americans Living Longer For the first time in 3 years, the average life expectancy for Americans increased. The U.S. life expectancy increased to 78.7 years old from 78.6 years old, a .1 year increase, equivalent to about a month (Market Watch). A likely explanation to explain this increase is the Trump Administration’s progress in fighting the opioid epidemic. Opioid deaths fell by 4.1% the first time opioid deaths dropped in 29 years. Additionally, deaths from cancer and heart disease fell (USA Today). CO₂ Levels Down The United States had the largest decrease in CO₂ emissions on a per-country basis. The U.S. level of CO₂ emissions decreased by 2.9%. This can be attributed to an increase in the use of natural gas and hydrofracking for energy. This leads many to question why the Green New Deal or Paris Climate Accord is necessary since carbon emissions are already decreasing without government intervention (Washington Examiner). Update from Bail Insanity & Weak on Crime Article A witness set to testify is dead, due to the New York law in last year’s budget that requires defense attorneys to be given the addresses and names of witnesses testifying in a case. Wilmer Maldonado a 36-year old witness set to testify against MS-13 was found bludgeoned to death before he could testify. The information about his name and address mandated by New York’s new weak on criminal law is what killed him. Unfortunately, this case will scare future witnesses away helping criminals (NY Post). Recently, a career criminal, Charles Barry, 56, arrested 6 times in 2020 without having to post bail before he was released, thanked Democrats for bail reform. While being released without bail once again, Barry screamed “Bail reform, it’s lit...It’s the Democrats!... It’s a great thing. It’s a beautiful thing... The Democrats know me and the Republicans fear me. You can’t touch me! I can’t be stopped… I’m famous! I take $200, $300 a day of your money, cr----r”. This was Barry’s 139th arrest over his lifetime, 87 misdemeanors, 6 felonies, 21 times he failed to appear in court and 2 current warrants on him for missing court appearances. Yet, he is continually released on bail (Law Enforcement Today). Democrats Block Protections for Babies Democrats recently blocked the Born-Alive Survivors Act. President Trump called on Congress to pass this common-sense measure during the State of the Union. This bill would require babies that survived an abortion to be cared for instead of being left die. Democrats blocked this bill in the House of Representatives with only three House Democrats voting in favor of this bill. This was the 80th time House Democrats blocked this bill. In the Senate 56 Senators voted in favor of the bill including three Democrats who represent deeply-conservative states. This shows how extreme the Democrat Party has moved (National Review, Washington Times). Democrat Senate Leader Threatens Supreme Court Senate Democrat Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threatened Trump-appointed Supreme Justices at a pro-abortion rally saying “I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions,” The context to this is the Supreme will soon decide a case about an abortion law in Lousiana. Schumer defended this by saying “I am from Brooklyn”. This lead to Cheif Justice John Roberts speaking out against Schumer and Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introducing a motion censure Schumer. Only nine Senators have censured with the last being in 1990 (NY Post). Coronavirus Response With the Coronavirus as a pandemic President Trump announced travel restrictions on China barring all foreign national who has been to China within the past 28 days, barring foreign national who have been to Iran within in the past 14 days and issuing travel advisories to South Korea and Italy. This is in contrast to Democrats attacking Trump for not taking enough action while on the other hand, Speaker Pelosi skipped briefings on the virus, according to many House Republicans. A notable example of Democrats and the media trying to weaponize and hype the Coronavirus to hurt the economy along with Trump is when NY Times columnist Paul Krugman tweeted “Dow 25,000!” showing he was excited stocks dropped over Coronavirus concerns (Fox News). It’s worth noting the Swine Flu was just as severe as the Coronavirus but there was not the hysteria associated. The Trump administration has fulfilled providing 900,000 of the 1.5 million coronavirus testing kits needed. Due to an Obama regulation states could not run medical tests unless pre-approved by the FDA. President Trump rescinded this rule to help combat the Coronavirus (Daily Caller). President Trump recently signed an emergency spending bill passed by Congress that includes $8.3 billion in emergency spending for the coronavirus. This includes $3.8 billion in treatment and research, $2 billion for the CDC and $1 billion to the U.S. Agency of International Development which in other words means handouts for foreign countries to fight the Coronavirus. The CDC is already being funded at record levels and in 2019 spending at the National Institute of Health was increased by $2.6 billion. Furthermore, the Trump administration only requested $2.5 billion and would use the remaining unspent money from 2014 for the Ebola virus. Instead, Congress said to spend the money even though their U.S. deficit about is $1 trillion. Furthermore, Congress has not specified where the money would come from or any cuts to another program in order to offset the $8.3 billion cost. Congress instead decided to add more, to the already jaw-dropping $22 trillion debt (Yahoo News). The Coronavirus did expose one serious problem regarding the U.S. medical supply chain. Chinese exports to the U.S. account for 97% of American antibiotics and 80% of active ingredients in pharmaceuticals in the U.S. This includes penicillin, ibuprofen, aspirin, and acetaminophen. Many generic pharmaceuticals are manufactured in China and vital medical devices. Besides the risk, the Coronavirus poses for the production of these key supplies, China is an adversary. They could use this as leverage against the United States or even cut off these exports to the U.S. crippling America. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced legislation to require manufacturers to report potential shortages of medical devices/pharmaceuticals to the FDA and gives the FDA authority to request information from companies (Breitbart). Sources: Klein, Philip. “Trump's Average Unemployment Rate Is the Lowest in Recorded History.” Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2020, www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-average-unemployment-rate-is-the-lowest-in-recorded-history. Brenan, Megan. “Small-Business Owners Highly Engaged in 2020 Election.” Gallup.com, Gallup, 10 Feb. 2020, news.gallup.com/poll/284396/small-business-owners-highly-engaged-2020-election.aspx. McCarthy, Justin. “New High of 90% of Americans Satisfied With Personal Life.” Gallup.com, Gallup, 4 Feb. 2020, news.gallup.com/poll/284285/new-high-
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