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The gop are happy to take credit for a historically low unemployment rate and they call it a booming economy, a recent poll from gallup shows 64% of voters say they have not seen an increase in their take-home pay. where is the disconnect? let's start with worker pay. wages are just starting to rise after years of stagnation, up 3.1% over the last year. but here's the issue. cost of living issues are eating that up. much like the criticism of the obama-era economy, it is not a booming economy for everyone. republicans promised their tax cuts would mean raises and more money trickling down to t...

Direction of the country is off on the right track. so where's the disconnect with voters? worker pay, for one. wanes continue to stagnate. rising just 2.7% over the past year. not enough to offset the cost of living increases over the same period. in fact, middle class households earn less today. adjusting for inflation, than they did decades ago. despite economic that's forecasted to top 3% this year. booming economy or not, many voters struggle to make ends meet. >> thanks to our tariffs, idle factories through the our nation are roaring book to life. >> another disconnect is the president'...

Changing their plans. last month in the durable goods we saw an enormous spike up in orders for capital goods. all of that is quite promising but it's not definitive. it's the fifth month and as the year goes on and we move into next year we'll see whether in fact we get what we need which is america's firms investing in the u.s., innovating in the u.s. and raising wages in the u.s. >> if they invest and innovate in the u.s. that doesn't mean they're going to raise wages. after a confrese at the dallas fed, axios reports that exec fifs at large u.s. companies say the days of getting a pay rais...

Slashing corporate taxes. >> i think it's going to be a tremendous thing for our country. >> and house speaker paul ryan went to a harley plant in wisconsin. >> tax reform can put harley davidson on a platform and keep jobs here in america. >> a nearly $700 million spok buy back plan, but the buy back authorization and a separate decision to open a facility in thailand are unrelated and called the closing of the plant a tough decision. it was based on our need to address the excess capacity we have in the u.s. >> we got lost in the shuffle. they just threw us out on the streets. >> the tax law...

To go downstairs before going upstai upstairs. >> 42-year-old jonathan odie faces second-degree murder. he draped a flag across the front desk and shouted derogatory comments about the president. and the companies allowing them to block employees from banding together to fight legal disputes. the court endorsed the practice of companies forcing workers to sign arbitration agreements. they resolve disputes outside a courtroom. companies love arbitration. it means smaller payouts and blocks class action suits. companies face a growing number of claims about worker pay. this ruling could apply ...