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bigwillq

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17. I am because I feel like no one is helping me

Reply to Bad Dog (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:33 AM

Feb 2016

And my family and friends. The government is not, big business is not, Wall Street is not. The government is broken--it serves mainly corporations and the special interests. And there's very few Democrats who are working for me and my kind. Unless you're very rich or very poor, you're SOL. This country is a mess, and I am not sure it will get better anytime soon. Government is so mismanaged.

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Why are Americans so angry? [View all] Bad Dog Feb 2016 OP

Add me to the list of angry ones. Put all my friends there too. Paper Roses Feb 2016 #1

Republicans are angry Turbineguy Feb 2016 #2

Yeah, funny how the Republicans in government hate the government. tecelote Feb 2016 #3

Most hold a special vitriol when disappointed by politicians in their own party. pampango Feb 2016 #4

Because they are gradually realizing that they are not "exceptional" Human101948 Feb 2016 #5

Someone pointed out earlier . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2016 #16

We figured out that we are screwed and our children are getting it worse. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #6

countless years of no wage growth and dwindling disposable income Amishman Feb 2016 #7

"Understands why people get angry" = "Feels our pain" 2.0 LiberalElite Feb 2016 #8

They are scared. Are_grits_groceries Feb 2016 #9

"They have been told that somebody elses gain will be their loss." The zero-sum, "us vs them" pampango Feb 2016 #13

Lots of people believe that. Igel Feb 2016 #14

There is a brilliant documentary series. Bad Dog Feb 2016 #15

Because the poll asked about anger. Brickbat Feb 2016 #10

Like Dr Hunter S Thompson said, it's Fear and Loathing NightWatcher Feb 2016 #11

after 2008 edhopper Feb 2016 #12

I am because I feel like no one is helping me bigwillq Feb 2016 #17

Because we've worked hard and have nothing to show for it Tsiyu Feb 2016 #18

Yes I suppose it does. Bad Dog Feb 2016 #22

We've run out of people to blame. Octafish Feb 2016 #19

It's O.K. To Be Angry..... Laxman Feb 2016 #20

Because their leaders are not listening to them or doing the will of the people. Rex Feb 2016 #21