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Wounded Bear

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33. Dems managed to stave off the worst of it so far...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2020, 01:28 AM

Jun 2020

But Repubs are reverting back to form. They seem to desperately want another Great Depression.

I've never gotten over the feeling that many RWers were disappointed that '08 was only a Great Recession and that they had really wanted GD ver 2.0.

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The people have not yet felt the full impact of the crisis in our economy. [View all] kentuck Jun 2020 OP

AND no good fuckers AND no good fuckers AND no good fuckers Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #1

Yes, but Scarsdale Jun 2020 #11

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2020 #2

Several very powerful forces; the economy, the virus, American democracy - all empedocles Jun 2020 #6

Exactly. H2O Man Jun 2020 #8

We are handicapped in that we can only look at history in the rear view mirror... kentuck Jun 2020 #9

A crisis greater than we now know, trump always gets worse, yet empedocles Jun 2020 #10

The pain will last at least a decade MoonlitKnight Jun 2020 #3

I just got a notice saying my crappy pension may be cut CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #4

Damn! ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #14

I got cheated the day they dumped me CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #16

My Sympathies ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #18

The people I worked with are all dead now or sick as hell CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #20

we care Skittles Jun 2020 #30

"A hard rain's gonna fall." Yes. Glad it won't hurt you at least. nt Hortensis Jun 2020 #15

This is just what I know so far CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #17

Yes. Everything's always far more complex than we realize. Hortensis Jun 2020 #21

They will use it as an excuse CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #22

Yes, they are and will. It's not over until we find out if Hortensis Jun 2020 #23

We are Currently protesting racial injustice aquamarina Jun 2020 #5

Yes JustGene Jun 2020 #7

I think there are nonrecurring expenditures for households bucolic_frolic Jun 2020 #12

I bought a used one on ebay for $180 CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #19

I'd Say Some People Have ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #13

How are state and local government budgets doing? JmAln Jun 2020 #24

Thank you Kentuck DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #25

I fear you are correct. kentuck Jun 2020 #26

Well Trump is hiding in a bunker and there's danger coming at him from every angle. Initech Jun 2020 #32

The summer weather will not affect this COVID-19 virus. Crowman2009 Jun 2020 #27

June is their coolest month... kentuck Jun 2020 #28

But the stock market is booming, that's all the rethugs care about. captain queeg Jun 2020 #29

I'd expect continued support for out-of-work people through the election. gulliver Jun 2020 #31

Dems managed to stave off the worst of it so far... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #33