The Undeserved Pardon of Jack Johnson

[Fists_of_Fury]

Just a bs political move...its just a way for trump to throw a bone to the black community without actually doing anything.

Maybe he should've given them a Trump phone instead?

[SUBZER0ED]

Impeach him for what!? Dislike?

Well, you know they're trying to get him for collusion with the Russians to fix the election. That ****** ass tan, wearing that whack hairstyle, screwing a donkey, whatever!

[JimRaynor]

you didn't address my point. he would have hit that number without doing anything. you could just as easily say he hit that number cause he deregulated the EPA or cause there was a full moon. it was going to happen no matter what because of the previous recovery policies under *****. there was nothing that could derail that progress barring an economic disaster so yes credit for no disasters but if you understand economies disasters don't happen overnight or even in a year or two.

as far as tax cuts and deregulation...thats just wrong and the last 40 years has settled that debate with clarity. you didn't post this part for some reason...average hourly earnings increased 8 cents. you got those at the top literally putting tens of millions in their pockets and you are talking about 8 cents? yes thank you now the average worker is economically secure! i got an extra 3 dollars a paycheck well now im economically secure! now they don't have to be subsidized by the government with welfare/food stamps(a common corporate ploy to increase profits by paying workers less) cause they got 3 dollars!

From 1973 to 2016, net productivity rose 73.7 percent, while the hourly pay of typical workers essentially stagnated—increasing only 12.5 percent over 43 years (after adjusting for inflation). This means that although Americans are working more productively than ever, the fruits of their labors have primarily accrued to those at the top and to corporate profits

https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap

Policymakers can help to grow wages by raising the minimum wage; updating overtime rules; strengthening rights to collective bargaining; regularizing undocumented workers; ending forced arbitration; securing workers’ access to sick leave and paid family leave; closing race and gender inequities; awarding government contracts only to firms that adhere to wage, health, and safety laws; and tackling workplace abuses such as misclassification and wage theft.
Policies that will not help to raise wages include individual or corporate tax cuts, austerity, increasing college or community college completion, deregulation, and policies aimed at increasing long-term growth.

https://www.epi.org/publication/how-to-raise-wages-policies-that-work-and-policies-that-dont/

tax cuts, austerity, and deregulation aka the last 40+ years(even under ********s). if it works it would have worked by now so i'm not sure what you mean by its easier to operate? its easier to pay your workers a low wage yes yes it is. thats the problem. so the tax cuts/deregulation had nothing to do with reaching low unemployment as it was on pace to reach that anyway and they certainly don't help with wage growth as i just proved or do you want to keep ****ing your head into a wall for 40 more years and see if we get a different result?

There was a downward trend in unemployment that is true, and a slow but steady uptick in economic growth. However, since Trump has been President that economic growth and rate of unemployment has went on steroids. The stock market increased more under Trumps first year than all of *****s years combined.

Literally hundreds of big corporations announced wage hikes and or bonuses and infrastructure investment following the tax cuts. So no the last 40 years didn't settle what you are inferring it settled with clarity, in fact you talk about the past 40 years, in the past 40 years we virtually eliminated extreme poverty and slashed general poverty in half. Life expectancy and quality of life has increased as well. Ask anyone if they'd rather live today or 40 years ago under Jimmy Carter, and we'll see what the response is. The increased productivity statistic of 73% that you listed is largely due to robotics and machinery that does not require human labor. Wage growth has lagged, yes, but the cost of goods has tremendously fallen as well. Only the well off back in the day could afford a computer, big screen TV, and multiple cars for their family, today that is essentially a minimum living standard.

Fact is we are still operating under the Reagan tax bill, actually much lower than Reagans tax bill, and you are right ********s or **********s haven't dared to touch it because it works.

[4truth]

Probably not a bad bet to assume Johnson was targeted because of his race considering the times he lived. I always had assumed that. Thing is, I do not know.

I'd be impressed if Trump pushed for legalizing pot on a federal level. After that start emptying our prisons of people of all races who are doing hard time for convictions related to marijuana.

Pardoning a man long dead? Not that impressed.

[Rip Chudd]

Well, you know they're trying to get him for collusion with the Russians to fix the election. That ****** ass tan, wearing that whack hairstyle, screwing a donkey, whatever!

And still no evidence of that

[mathed]

Part of me wonders if it would be considered "undeserved" if it was a different President giving the pardon.

Nothing else needs to be said.

[bklynboy]

what policies did trump implement that led to that? just wondering. it wasn't like it was already on pace to meet that mark anyway right? i mean that would be silly to take credit for that...i guess he can take credit for not fu-cking up the pace? although that would be hard to do since things like that change slowly. also how are those wages going? still stagnant for 40 years? hey maybe tax cuts for rich people should be tried again? its gotta work this time!!!

so yes he literally did nothing or in other words he did things that will hurt in the long run but didnt hurt enough to stop the rate from meeting that mark.

Say he will reduce the income tax for repatriating money. And then following through. (The corporate tax rate in the US has been higher than other countries and corporations have not been bringing the revenue to the US.)

He fought for manufacturing jobs to stay here - saying that whatever tax credits may exist for leaving the US would be negated by tariffs.

And the big one is that illegal immigration brings in a flood of unskilled labor that then competes (and lowers the wages) for unskilled jobs. Blacks, especially black men, have lower levels of education and high levels of immigration reduce the available jobs (and wages) for factory and construction jobs.

So jobs come back because money is repatriated; jobs don't leave (and come back) because the tax incentives involved in leaving are removed; and now there is less competition for these jobs.

All resulting in lower black unemployment.

Oh, and let's not forget the Canadian pipeline which equals jobs.
Don't forget fracking which equals jobs.

These are policy differences that separate Trump from ***** and Hillary.

Agree or disagree with these policies one of their results is increased employment - black, white, hispanic, asian, everyone.

[Jsmooth9876]

When mf'ers had to send telegrams to get a booty call through....The good ole days...

[Warrior Scholar]

Trump, didn't even probably realize what he was getting into when he got into it. Now, he's gotta play the part. Rolling with the punches is something Donald Trump can definitely do. While I've always said written speeches are bull****, man, he can't deal with himself, so written speeches are probably better for that guy, as sad as that is.. That said, he's smart, because he's still friends with ***** and still holds Ethereum.

[elfag]

In the context of the pardon, he did nothing. It was an easy win win for him.

***** had 8 years and couldnt be bothered.