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Search results for "Consumer sentiment has plummeted to its lowest level on records going back to 1952"

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Cory Booker stated on April 01, 2025 in a Senate floor speech:
"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."
By Louis Jacobson• April 3, 2025
Chris Coons stated on July 30, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Consumer confidence is the highest it’s been in years.”
By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2023
Bernie Sanders stated on August 27, 2014 in a meme on social media:
"In 1952, the corporate income tax accounted for 33 percent of all federal tax revenue. Today, despite record-breaking profits, corporate taxes bring in less than 9 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• August 28, 2014
Robert Sarvis stated on March 31, 2014 in a tweet.:
"Did you know US population growth is at its lowest since the Great Depression?"
By Nancy Madsen• April 21, 2014
Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2017 in remarks in the Oval Office:
"Business spirit is the highest it's ever been, according to polls."
By Louis Jacobson• July 31, 2017
Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press:
Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."
By Miriam Valverde• April 25, 2017
John Conyers, Jr. stated on March 28, 2017 in a subcommittee hearing:
"Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century."  
By Miriam Valverde• April 3, 2017
Mike Parson stated on January 16, 2019 in his state of the state speech:
"We maintain this (Missouri highway) system with one of the lowest levels of funding in the country."
By Sidney Steele• March 7, 2019
Tom Barrett stated on September 21, 2010 in a statement on campaign web site:
"Under Tom Barrett’s leadership, violent crime in Milwaukee has decreased by over 20% -- to its lowest levels in more than 20 years."
By Dave Umhoefer• September 22, 2010
Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 03, 2019 in an op-ed:
"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."
By Erica Anderson, Mylana Chico• February 4, 2019
Ron Johnson stated on March 18, 2022 in Twitter:
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
By Laura Schulte• March 29, 2022
Charles Schumer stated on October 06, 2013 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Because of the 2011 debt ceiling fight, "the stock market lost 2,000 points."
By Louis Jacobson• October 8, 2013
Donald Trump stated on March 06, 2018 in a tweet:
The 2018 Academy Awards show was the "lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY."
By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2018
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a public forum:
Says Wisconsin "hadn’t been won by a Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1952. And I won Wisconsin. …  Ronald Reagan, remember, Wisconsin was the state that Ronald Reagan did not win."  
By D.L. Davis• June 29, 2018
Barack Obama stated on July 22, 2010 in remarks at a bill signing:
The president's budget "would take ... non-defense spending to its lowest level ... as a percentage of the economy since JFK."
By Louis Jacobson• July 29, 2010
Facebook posts stated on February 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The United States was energy independent in 2019 for the first time since 1957. In just 10 days we are sent back 50 years.”
By Tom Kertscher• February 18, 2021
Sarah Palin stated on November 17, 2009 in her book "Going Rogue":
A cap-and-trade plan promoted by Barack Obama would hit hardest "those already struggling to make ends meet."
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert• November 17, 2009
Kamala Harris stated on July 18, 2024 in a speech in North Carolina:
“Today, America has record energy production and we are energy independent.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 26, 2024
Bernie Sanders stated on November 10, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Inflation-adjusted weekly wages “are lower today than they were 50 years ago.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2024
Donald Trump stated on February 03, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:
"The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years."
By Louis Jacobson• February 12, 2026

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