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2016 Postmortem

aidbo

(2,328 posts) Thu Dec 1, 2016, 01:20 PM Dec 2016

Anytime a Republican tries out the old 'makers vs takers' argument in the next 4 years.. [View all]

Show them this image from Brookings institute.

Our observation: The less-than-500 counties that Hillary Clinton carried nationwide encompassed a massive 64 percent of America’s economic activity as measured by total output in 2015. By contrast, the more-than-2,600 counties that Donald Trump won generated just 36 percent of the country’s output—just a little more than one-third of the nation’s economic activity.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2016/11/29/another-clinton-trump-divide-high-output-america-vs-low-output-america/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=metro

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Anytime a Republican tries out the old 'makers vs takers' argument in the next 4 years.. [View all] aidbo Dec 2016 OP

I heard this on the radio and that's exactly what I thought too underpants Dec 2016 #1

that was always been a dumb argument, but this or logic won't stop them from using it Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #2

Don't forget that ol' Earl out there working at the farm co-op owes his living to all those brewens Dec 2016 #3

K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #4

Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #5