Who is on this subjectordered by the date of their first quote here
3 of 3 lanes rest on fewer than 5 quotes and are marked thin. Offsets are days from the middle first-quote date, 3 Jul 2026 — a date, and nothing else. It is not a claim about who reached a view first.
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Bill Gurley
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16 May 2024 – 16 May 2024
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Scott Bessent
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3 Jul 2026 – 3 Jul 2026
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- JD Vance 3 thin 21 Aug 2026 – 24 Aug 2026 +49 d
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Bill Gurley
Gurley questions moral basis of protecting $40/hour Iowa workers versus $15/hour Mexican workers.
“it's unclear to me why a worker in Iowa needs $40 an hour if there's a worker in Mexico that's willing to bust his ass for 15.”
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Scott Bessent
Bessent expects real wage growth to resume as soon as next month after April spike.
“But we had had before April, we had seen real wage growth for working Americans every month during President Trump's presidency, and I would expect maybe even as soon as next month we will go back to that.”
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Scott Bessent
Bessent forecasts real wage gains could return as soon as this month after inflation spike.
“I would expect that perhaps as soon as this month, we're going to see real wage gains.”
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JD Vance
Vance claims manufacturing wages rose 4.2 percent under Trump after declining under Biden.
“manufacturing workers wages actually went up 4.2% where they went down under the Biden administration,”
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JD Vance
Vance claims 29,000 new manufacturing jobs created in 18 months, reversing wage decline.
“We've created in just eighteen months, 29,000 new manufacturing jobs and we've reversed years of wage decline where people were getting poor.”
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JD Vance
Vance claims the administration created 29,000 manufacturing jobs in 18 months and reversed wage decline.
“We've created in just eighteen months, 29,000 new manufacturing jobs and we've reversed years of wage decline where people were getting poor.”
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