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XPost: alt.politics.socialism.democratic, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, rec.arts.tv From: leroysoetoro@barackobama.com

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rick-manning-america-economy-opioid

Thanks to President Trump, America's economy is thriving. Unfortunately,
it isn't enough for thousands who have been left behind due to the opioid epidemic.

The numbers tell the story: 191,000 private-sector jobs were created in
June. A higher percentage of Americans are employed compared to a year
ago. And while more people have jobs, they are also getting paid more to
do those jobs. The average annual wage gain stands at 3.1 percent, well
above the rate of inflation. African Americans, Hispanics and Asians all
have lower unemployment rates than a year ago, which means the economy is lifting all Americans regardless of color.

Yet, in California alone, at least 129,000 people were homeless in 2018.
Some estimates put the number at well over 150,000 people. The Los Angeles
area had a homeless population of nearly 50,000.

The problem is not a shortage of job opportunities. According to
Department of Labor statistics, 7.4 million jobs were available last year, dramatically higher than the number of unemployed workers.

The bottom line is that thousands of people are homeless, and they're
living in "tent cities" or under bridges during one of the most prosperous times in our nation’s history.

America’s economy is doing great. The only thing missing are those who
have dropped out due to addiction.

It's safe to say that, even if by some miracle, Congress agreed to close
our border to illegal immigration, our homeless population would persist because of the opioid crisis. It has swept the country from urban Los
Angeles to rural Pennsylvania.

It is clear that our homelessness crisis is not an economy-driven problem.
Jobs are plentiful, and real wages have increased due to the president's economic policies. It is not a housing-availability crisis, either.

No, the crisis is at least partially a result of an opioid scourge that
has festered for years. The epidemic was initially driven by a rise in
opioid prescriptions, but that number has leveled off over the last couple
of years. People are still dying because of synthetic, illegal opioids
such as fentanyl.

This explains the Trump administration's laser-like focus on fentanyl
during negotiations with the Chinese government. In fact, in December
2018, the president reached an agreement with China — a major producer of fentanyl — to crack down on its production and export. He achieved a major victory in March when the Chinese government acted on that pledge by classifying fentanyl as a controlled substance, effectively outlawing its production and distribution.

Even more good news: According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, deaths related to opioid misuse fell 5 percent from
September 2017 to September 2018. Progress is being made.

In 2018, the GOP-led Congress also passed legislation that not only
cracked down on fentanyl distribution and increased controls on legal
opioids, but also provided for treatment to those trapped in the downward spiral of addiction.

America’s economy is doing great. The only thing missing are those who
have dropped out due to addiction. Hopefully the Trump administration's multi-pronged focus on the root causes of homelessness, combined with
efforts by local officials, churches and other relief agencies, will be
enough to help those Americans who have been left behind, so that they too
can find their piece of the American dream.

The hell with the drug addicts.

They are weak and do not deserve to be carried along on the backs on the strong. Give them all the drugs they can take and when they die, burn
their corpses for energy, then build roads with their ashes.



--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.

Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.

Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.

The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved Uranium One in fall 2010. With a little luck, we'll see
compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.

Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.

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