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In reply to the discussion: So-called recovery bypassed 90% of American families-who have gained 0 in terms of wealth/income [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)61. I would like to see him try that spin bs on a family who was foreclosed on and still has yet
to recover.
"Oh, you are homeless and in the street, and your kids will more likely live in poverty all of their lives as well, and it happened during my tenure while I was making sure banks could report record profits after what they purposely took from the economy and ruined millions of lives for decades to come, sure, but that's not the way to look at it, and the banks..."
As far as I am concerned there is a malevolent bastard inside that suit he wears. Ebola might be preferable to him as a neighbor.
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kpete
Sep 2014
OP
Well maybe we are wrong. Things are going to get worse and yet the nitwits in denial
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#44
Guess that makes it NOT a recovery for the majority. Yet we need a majority to win.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#2
Did the top 10% even need a recovery? Did they really need their income to increase at the expense
SammyWinstonJack
Sep 2014
#56
No thanks, I don't want any of their "trickle". That's for the nitwits among us that are living
rhett o rick
Sep 2014
#45
The REAL American Dream......begging for anything in order to survive and keep a roof over family.
SammyWinstonJack
Sep 2014
#57
I would like to see him try that spin bs on a family who was foreclosed on and still has yet
jtuck004
Sep 2014
#61
Also need to get rid of the "free trade" deals and the "guest worker" (indentured servant) programs
cascadiance
Sep 2014
#24
How will this come about? We campaign, we vote and much stays the same! R=I=D when it
RKP5637
Sep 2014
#26
"Between 2010 and 2013". But that leaves out 2014, a great year for the bottom half
progree
Sep 2014
#10
I do wonder. It seems consistently money is far more powerful than "we the people." We
RKP5637
Sep 2014
#28
Both parties are laughing their asses off at the hapless middle class. Meanwhile,
whereisjustice
Sep 2014
#34
What I see are prices always going up, wages stagnated and jobs scarce or shit jobs with low pay.
RKP5637
Sep 2014
#29
Rich people get sprayed with money, the non-rich get sprayed with tear gas
whereisjustice
Sep 2014
#33
We need a socialist government that would tax the rich majorly and redistribute the wealth.
Louisiana1976
Sep 2014
#40