On 10/24/2024 11:13 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> And then I would make up lies about the nice lady that was trying to buy
> another house in the neighbourhood.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/291320/trumps-list-289-accomplishments-in-just-20-months-relentless-promise-keeping/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=WE_Search_Brand-June&gad_source=5

Trump has compiled a remarkable record of presidential promise-keeping.”

The list:

Economic Growth
4.2 percent growth in the second quarter of 2018.
For the first time in more than a decade, growth is projected to exceed
3 percent over the calendar year.
Jobs

4 million new jobs have been created since the election, and more than
3.5 million since Trump took office.
More Americans are employed now than ever before in our history.
Jobless claims at lowest level in nearly five decades.
The economy has achieved the longest positive job-growth streak on record.
Job openings are at an all-time high and outnumber job seekers for the
first time on record.
Unemployment claims at 50 year low
African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American unemployment rates have
all recently reached record lows.
African-American unemployment hit a record low of 5.9 percent in May 2018.
Hispanic unemployment at 4.5 percent.
Asian-American unemployment at record low of 2 percent.
Women’s unemployment recently at lowest rate in nearly 65 years.
Female unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent in May 2018, the lowest since
October 1953.
Youth unemployment recently reached its lowest level in more than 50 years.
July 2018’s youth unemployment rate of 9.2 percent was the lowest since
July 1966.
Veterans’ unemployment recently hit its lowest level in nearly two decades.
July 2018’s veterans’ unemployment rate of 3.0 percent matched the
lowest rate since May 2001.
Unemployment rate for Americans without a high school diploma recently
reached a record low.
Rate for disabled Americans recently hit a record low.
Blue-collar jobs recently grew at the fastest rate in more than three
decades.
Poll found that 85 percent of blue-collar workers believe their lives
are headed “in the right direction.”
68 percent reported receiving a pay increase in the past year.
Last year, job satisfaction among American workers hit its highest level
since 2005.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans rate now as a good time to find a quality
job.
Optimism about the availability of good jobs has grown by 25 percent.
Added more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since the election.
Manufacturing employment is growing at its fastest pace in more than two
decades.
100,000 new jobs supporting the production & transport of oil & natural gas.
American Income

Median household income rose to $61,372 in 2017, a post-recession high.
Wages up in August by their fastest rate since June 2009.
Paychecks rose by 3.3 percent between 2016 and 2017, the most in a decade.
Council of Economic Advisers found that real wage compensation has grown
by 1.4 percent over the past year.
Some 3.9 million Americans off food stamps since the election.
Median income for Hispanic-Americans rose by 3.7 percent and surpassed
$50,000 for the first time ever in history.
Home-ownership among Hispanics is at the highest rate in nearly a decade.
Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached
their lowest levels ever recorded.
American Optimism

Small business optimism has hit historic highs.
NFIB’s small business optimism index broke a 35 year-old record in August.
SurveyMonkey/CNBC’s small business confidence survey for Q3 of 2018
matched its all-time high.
Manufacturers are more confident than ever.
95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future, the
highest ever.
Consumer confidence is at an 18-year high.
12 percent of Americans rate the economy as the most significant problem
facing our country, the lowest level on record.
Confidence in the economy is near a two-decade high, with 51 percent
rating the economy as good or excellent.
American Business

Investment is flooding back into the United States due to the tax cuts.
Over $450 billion dollars has already poured back into the U.S.,
including more than $300 billion in the first quarter of 2018.
Retail sales have surged. Commerce Department figures from August show
that retail sales increased 0.5 percent in July 2018, an increase of 6.4
percent from July 2017.
ISM’s index of manufacturing scored its highest reading in 14 years.
Worker productivity is the highest it has been in more than three years.
Steel and aluminum producers are re-opening.
Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ have all notched
record highs.
Dow hit record highs 70 times in 2017 alone, the most ever recorded in
one year.
Deregulation

Achieved massive deregulation at a rapid pace, completing 22
deregulatory actions to every one regulatory action during his first
year in office.
Signed legislation to roll back costly and harmful provisions of
Dodd-Frank, providing relief to credit unions, and community and
regional banks.
Federal agencies achieved more than $8 billion in lifetime net
regulatory cost savings.
Rolled back Obama’s burdensome Waters of the U.S. rule.
Used the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations more times than
in history.
Tax Cuts

Biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history by signing the Tax Cuts
and Jobs act into law
Provided more than $5.5 trillion in gross tax cuts, nearly 60 percent of
which will go to families.
Increased the exemption for the death tax to help save Family Farms &
Small Business.
Nearly doubled the standard deduction for individuals and families.
Enabled vast majority of American families will be able to file their
taxes on a single page by claiming the standard deduction.
Doubled the child tax credit to help lessen the financial burden of
raising a family.
Lowered America’s corporate tax rate from the highest in the developed
world to allow American businesses to compete and win.
Small businesses can now deduct 20 percent of their business income.
Cut dozens of special interest tax breaks and closed loopholes for the
wealthy.
9 in 10 American workers are expected see an increase in their paychecks
thanks to the tax cuts, according to the Treasury Department.
More than 6 million of American workers have received wage increases,
bonuses, and increased benefits thanks to tax cuts.
Over 100 utility companies have lowered electric, gas, or water rates
thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Ernst & Young found 89 percent of companies planned to increase worker
compensation thanks to the Trump tax cuts.
Established opportunity zones to spur investment in left behind communities.
Worker Development

Established a National Council for the American Worker to develop a
national strategy for training and retraining America’s workers for
high-demand industries.
Employers have signed Trump’s “Pledge to America’s Workers,” committing
to train or retrain more than 4.2 million workers and students.
Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing
more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career
education programs.
Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and
workers.
Domestic Infrastructure

Proposed infrastructure plan would utilize $200 billion in Federal funds
to spur at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment across the
country.
Executive order expediting environmental reviews and approvals for high
priority infrastructure projects.
Federal agencies have signed the One Federal Decision Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) streamlining the federal permitting process for
infrastructure projects.
Rural prosperity task force and signed an executive order to help expand
broadband access in rural areas.
Health Care

Signed an executive order to help minimize the financial burden felt by
American households Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide
Hotline.
Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into
law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.
Signed Right-to-Try legislation, expanding health care options for
terminally ill patients.
Enacted changes to the Medicare 340B program, saving seniors an
estimated $320 million on drugs in 2018 alone.
FDA set a new record for generic drug approvals in 2017, saving
consumers nearly $9 billion.
Released a blueprint to drive down drug prices for American patients,
leading multiple major drug companies to announce they will freeze or
reverse price increases.
Expanded short-term, limited-duration health plans.
Let more employers to form Association Health Plans, enabling more small
businesses to join together and affordably provide health insurance to
their employees.
Cut Obamacare’s burdensome individual mandate penalty.
Signed legislation repealing Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory
Board, also known as the “death panels.”
USDA invested more than $1 billion in rural health care in 2017,
improving access to health care for 2.5 million people in rural
communities across 41 states
Proposed Title X rule to help ensure taxpayers do not fund the abortion
industry in violation of the law.
Reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy to keep foreign aid from
supporting the global abortion industry.
HHS formed a new division over protecting the rights of conscience and
religious freedom.
Overturned Obama administration’s midnight regulation prohibiting states
from defunding certain abortion facilities.
Signed executive order to help ensure that religious organizations are
not forced to choose between violating their religious beliefs by
complying with Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate or shutting their doors.
Combating Opioids