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frazzled

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16. We've been talking about this since the 1980s

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 01:01 AM

Sep 2013

Well, a few of us have. But the country didn't decide to talk about it until Obama took office after the worst recession since the Great Depression, from which he has tried to dig us out, facing a Republican House majority who has blocked any proposals he's made to try to stem the 30+ year tide of rising income inequality.

Essentially, it's blame the black guy. He didn't fix fast enough what took a generation to build.

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Talking about how inequality is rising under Obama. Is this not the result of Bush [View all] applegrove Sep 2013 OP

No, Obama crashed the government with TARP and Benghazi's Kenyan birth certificate helped uponit7771 Sep 2013 #1

Don't forget SEIU and ACORN and Rev. Wright!!!1!!!11 NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #3

Yes, Bush and Congress and the SCOTUS more than anything, more than Obama. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

So why continue the policies? Octafish Sep 2013 #4

I was gonna say that....sort of Vanje Sep 2013 #5

That's one major reason why I voted for Obama. Octafish Sep 2013 #6

I really dread the next Republican president. nt bananas Sep 2013 #7

The fact is that it is rising. mick063 Sep 2013 #8

+1000000000 woo me with science Sep 2013 #15

Reagan turned the United States ... JEFF9K Sep 2013 #9

Reagan is responsible for the inequality Obama has to deal with. applegrove Sep 2013 #10

so four years in, after he was re-elected hfojvt Sep 2013 #11

It's unfair to blame Obama for the things ... JEFF9K Sep 2013 #17

Yes, but blame is less important than changing course bhikkhu Sep 2013 #12

30 yrs of Deregulation and Lopsided Trade Packs FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #13

You left out Clinton. And Obama should have... WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2013 #14

We've been talking about this since the 1980s frazzled Sep 2013 #16