Is President Trump fulfilling candidate Trump’s promises? You can make a case that he is, based on some surprising and widely unexpected economic developments. Vice President Mike Pence, writing in The Des Moines Register, put it succinctly: “The evidence is clear: America is back.” He adds, “It’s no accident.” Pence and other Trump enthusiasts can point to increasing macroeconomic growth. Growth rose 4.1 percent in the second quarter and is up more than 3 percent for the year. Unemployment was down to 3.9 percent in July. The S&P 500 stock index is up 6 percent since the Trump presidency, while the rest of the world’s stock markets are down 6 percent. These are numbers any recent administration would boast about. More notable are positive trends among subgroups that weren’t doing so well before Trump took office. Former Obama administration chief economic adviser Jason Furman, writing for Vox, notes that in the past three years … [Read more...] about It looks like Trump is creating the kind of economy he promised
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It looks like it’s not just crushing student loans holding millennials back anymore — it’s also their aging parents
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The Dak Prescott ‘Get Out’ mural has been vandalized. Here’s what it looks like now
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Colbert Mocks Paul Manafort’s Wardrobe: It Looks Like ‘A Blind Pimp Got 100 Wishes’
COMEDY 08/02/2018 11:57 pm ET "Late Show" host has a fashion critique for former Trump campaign manager. By Ed Mazza TONIGHT! Good thing Justice is blind because now she never has to see Manafort's collection of terrible ostrich jackets. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/A30NRMDl7w— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) August 3, 2018 Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, is getting a lot of attention for his questionable fashion choices as his trial for tax and bank fraud unfolds in Virginia. One of the items mentioned: An ostrich-leather jacket that cost $15,000. Stephen Colbert took a look at Manafort’s wardrobe on “The Late Show” and said it looked like “a blind pimp got 100 wishes.” See his full critique in the clip above. Download BEFORE YOU GO Ed MazzaOvernight Editor, HuffPost Suggest a correction MORE: Fashion Stephen Colbert Comedy The Late Show Paul Manafort … [Read more...] about Colbert Mocks Paul Manafort’s Wardrobe: It Looks Like ‘A Blind Pimp Got 100 Wishes’
It looks like Massachusetts will have a sales tax holiday this year
For the first time since 2015, it looks like Massachusetts will have a sales tax holiday after all. The state Senate had rejected a proposal in May to bring back the tax-free weekend after its two-year absence, and a bill signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in June making the holiday a permanent summer fixture doesn’t take affect until 2019. So there was a degree of uncertainty around whether 2018 would be the third-straight year that Bay Staters would have to pay a sales tax all 365 days. Less so now. Among the final measures lawmakers passed on the final day of the formal legislative session Tuesday was an economic development bill that includes a two-day sales tax-free weekend this month, Aug. 11-12. The sales tax holiday was approved by the House last month and included in the Senate bill through an amendment by Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, a Gloucester Republican. The Senate approved Tarr’s amendment 31-6 last Wednesday. Baker has been a consistent supporter of the sales … [Read more...] about It looks like Massachusetts will have a sales tax holiday this year