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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How stupid are the Democrats for falling for... [View all]lastlib
(23,233 posts)21. OUR NATION is certainly better off!!!
Consumer confidence is up from the end of BushII. Unemployment is down from same--it's not back to a level we can accept because repuglicans REFUSE to help their fellow Americans who are in need, just so THEY can regain POWER. Millions now have access to healthcare who did not before, and health insurance companies can no longer treat people like fungible commodities. Bin Laden is dead, and US auto industry is once again prosperous; GM is again the #1 car-maker in the world. Our banking system is back from the precipice, and housing is coming back. All that, again, with NO thanks to Repuglicans!
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let's see, 4 years ago bin laden was alive and republicans had shoved the economy off a cliff.
unblock
Sep 2012
#2
An honest answer would be that the country IS better off than we were 4 years ago.
Iris
Sep 2012
#12
Thanks for that all-important distinction (from someone who is worse off individually). - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Sep 2012
#20
Simple answer: YES! 4 yrs ago we were losing almost a million jobs a month,
ProgressiveEconomist
Sep 2012
#15
Hell fucking yeah I'm better off! Mentally, financially, environmentally, socially better off than
lonestarnot
Sep 2012
#19
You are so right. The rich would answer yes, hell yes. The poor and the middle class
applegrove
Sep 2012
#26
Read up on the mechanics of the mortgage crisis. Just one example of how we are being held
patrice
Sep 2012
#29