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Sentath

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32. A lot of good points! But,

Wed Feb 22, 2017, 01:17 PM

Feb 2017

Saying that there was no suffering is .. Pollyannaish.

Rather than using the vast authority, discretion, and funding available from TARP, the bailout bill, to tackle this, Obama’s policy response to troubled homeowners was “Keep Calm and Carry On.” Obama’s administration trusted the predatory financial institutions that created the crisis to manage the aftermath and buried investigations finding that predation continued. The debt was only worked down through foreclosures, and even then it’s still with us—negative equity was a solid predictor of Midwestern counties that flipped to Trump.

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/austerity-obama-years

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When Trump Voters Say We Suffered Under Obama For 8 Years, This Is How You Respond [View all] amerikat Feb 2017 OP

This is great. AJT Feb 2017 #1

My hope too. amerikat Feb 2017 #5

I dought it. amerikat Feb 2017 #10

wish there were a way to save articles krakfiend Feb 2017 #16

Bookmark this page in your browser. dchill Feb 2017 #17

Click the emmadoggy Feb 2017 #19

bookmark it. you can also copy and paste into your own email accounts (which is what I do niyad Feb 2017 #34

That's what I do, too. Besides bookmarking in your dmr Feb 2017 #41

exactly!! niyad Feb 2017 #42

Their answer of course Glamrock Feb 2017 #2

Right? They're brainwashed and unreachable SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #18

That's Why RobinA Feb 2017 #31

Wow just wow Lotusflower70 Feb 2017 #3

Thanks amerikat Feb 2017 #6

Already shared and tweeted. onecaliberal Feb 2017 #4

Let me know what happens. amerikat Feb 2017 #7

Will do onecaliberal Feb 2017 #11

Great list thanks for sharing! Luciferous Feb 2017 #8

You're welcome amerikat Feb 2017 #9

Somebody had to do it, so I volunteered! Stellar Feb 2017 #12

I've posted this in various forums... MrPurple Feb 2017 #13

But... askyagerz Feb 2017 #14

KNR!!! Great post. Thanks. AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #15

They will be dying under Trump.... Historic NY Feb 2017 #20

K&R and Tweeted yuiyoshida Feb 2017 #21

President Obama is half black and his middle name is Hussein Martin Eden Feb 2017 #22

This Blaukraut Feb 2017 #25

Good points Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #23

Please let us know how your friend responds. CrispyQ Feb 2017 #24

Translation: For 8 years Obama made a mockery of their bigoted values bigbrother05 Feb 2017 #26

All lies. Turbineguy Feb 2017 #27

We need another question... Auntie Bush Feb 2017 #28

They did not suffer under Obama, that is more lies and smears. BeckyDem Feb 2017 #29

Marking so I can find later... TheDebbieDee Feb 2017 #30

A lot of good points! But, Sentath Feb 2017 #32

"How did you suffer for 8 years under President Obama?" DinahMoeHum Feb 2017 #33

k and r and bookmarking. I really try not to engage with the racist assholes who voted niyad Feb 2017 #35

They have that attention span of gnats, that is way to long for them to "suffer" through. Javaman Feb 2017 #36

TL;DR ... Answer "Suffered HOW exactly?" mwooldri Feb 2017 #37

THIS BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #40

Thanks for posting (nt) JaneQPublic Feb 2017 #38

Great answer, but it only has one problem... MrScorpio Feb 2017 #39