TRUMP: The real truth

This is what Trump is really doing.

Visiting troops overseas is nice but Trump just wants a photo op and free campaign rally using taxpayer dollars. His foreign policies put our country at risk.

Stating unemployment is 3.5% does not include millions of jobless Americans who are unable to collect unemployment. Many people work two or more jobs and still struggle. Corporations continue to downsize, close plants and move production overseas.

New jobs for November are mostly seasonal, not permanent and pay less than $10 per hour with no benefits. Why doesn’t Trump/Republicans create permanent, living-wage jobs with benefits?

Inflation adjusted wages unchanged for decades. A 3.1% increase does not offset inflation. The Trump/Republican tax plan increased taxes for the poor and middle class.

A 34.5-hour work week is a dream. Factored into that dream must be 20 hours/week, low paying jobs.

Trump’s so-called China tariff negotiations are too late for bankrupt farmers and laid-off workers.

Regulation cuts significantly increase costs to Americans not only in money but lives short-term and long-term, especially in acute and chronic health degradation. Lack of clean air, water and safe food impact current and especially future generations.

America is not surging forward. Trump policies are taking America back to the middle ages where the rich are in power and everyone else is a slave. Trump supporters need to recognize fact from fiction.

JOAN ZALUSKA

Post Falls