Hello Flash,
Originally Posted by
Flash
When people were supposedly voting in their own better interests their economic position was declining according to many posters.
They voted for President Obama, but Republicans did everything in their power to prevent success and/or a flourishing middle class.
Originally Posted by
Flash
They tell us that their jobs were lost to overseas manufacturers, their wages and benefits declined, their unions had declining membership.
All of this was going on before, during and after. President Obama decided to go after healthcare, which caused a huge resistance. It is not his fault that Republicans, through their resistance, empowered the big corporations and super-rich, further eroding the middle class.
Originally Posted by
Flash
Why should they keep voting for a party that was supposedly in their own better interests when their position steadily deteriorated? No wonder they switched parties.
President Obama, lacking the support of Republicans unwilling to stand up to big money and big power in the name of the people, was forced to make a deal with the insurance industry and big pharma. Yes, President Obama stepped squarely on the third rail of politics and survived, but the cost was steep.
None of this means that Republicans have done a good job. Quite the contrary. They couldn't fix healthcare or the debt problem. They have only made these things worse. Coal workers and factory workers are still being laid off, student debt is soaring, and most of the nation is living precariously paycheck to paycheck. Wealth inequality is more extreme than ever and the deficit is out of control, rapidly approaching a trillion dollars. We can't reduce taxes so low that the revenue is a trillion below expenses for long without causing a debt recession. Better pull out of the market now or there may not be time when the crash happens.
But if you feel secure with the way things are going just leave it all in and let it ride. If you've got plenty of time it will come back some day.
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