{"id":49304,"date":"2025-06-17T17:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=49304"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:40:20","slug":"treasury-secretary-bessent-thanks-to-trumps-pro-growth-policies-blue-collar-wages-are-up-nearly-2-in-first-five-months-of-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=49304","title":{"rendered":"Treasury Secretary Bessent: Thanks to Trump\u2019s Pro-Growth Policies \u2013 Blue Collar Wages Are Up Nearly 2% in First Five Months of Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-steel-workers-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1408309\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1408309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/blue-collar-wages-trump-scaled.png?resize=640%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump is in a league of his own. Only Trump has lifted blue collar wages by nearly 2 percent so far this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced on Tuesday that real wages for hourly workers are up nearly 2 percent so far this year. This is the strongest growth in 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>This is all thanks to President Trump\u2019s pro-growth, America First policies.<\/p>\n<p>Notice that Trump and Richard Nixon are the only two presidents that saw wage growth for blue collar workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 1.7% growth by President Trump is even more impressive considering Joe Biden oversaw negative wage growth of 1.7% during his years as president.<\/p>\n<p>This does not seem to be making many headlines in the mainstream media for some reason.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/06\/treasury-secretary-bessent-thanks-trumps-pro-growth-policies\/\">Treasury Secretary Bessent: Thanks to Trump\u2019s Pro-Growth Policies \u2013 Blue Collar Wages Are Up Nearly 2% in First Five Months of Administration<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump is in a league of his own. 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