Labor Day resolution: Vote in November to protect today’s prosperity

Published September 3, 2018 4:00am ET



This Labor Day, celebrate the fact that 96.1 percent of job-seekers in the U.S. succeed in finding employment in any given month. It is a cause of celebration that wages are finally rising, that energy exports are surging, that American companies are seeing their values increase on the stock market, and that the economy is growing faster than it has in many years.

This is what prosperity looks like, and it helps all workers. The American dream is that anyone can build a prosperous life for himself and his family with hard work and perseverance. The idea remains unfashionable in leftist academic circles, but it is making a comeback in 2018.

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