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2016 Postmortem

yallerdawg

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2. They would rather hurt us...

Reply to shraby (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 10:16 AM

Aug 2016

than 'jeopardize' their next election with even reasonable, justifiable spending and taxes - or give Obama one damn thing!

They put "poison pills" in Zika-funding legislation, and then headed out for two month recess and campaigning.

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Why is recovery taking so long—and who’s to blame? [View all] yallerdawg Aug 2016 OP

Proper amounts of money geared to the infrastructure would be a great help, but the republicans shraby Aug 2016 #1

They would rather hurt us... yallerdawg Aug 2016 #2

The big problem is How to get this information out to the Republican masses, who are Cal33 Aug 2016 #4

Keynesian explanation here........... socialist_n_TN Aug 2016 #3

Democrats simply hope to mitigate the excesses of capitalism. yallerdawg Aug 2016 #5

I think the key word in your title line is "hope"....... socialist_n_TN Aug 2016 #9

We have had "socialist revolution." yallerdawg Aug 2016 #10

Like Lenin and Trotsky failed in 1905?......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2016 #14

Started with RayGuns........... raven mad Aug 2016 #6

We get the kind of recovery we elect. Orsino Aug 2016 #7

Housing. New construction specifically ghostsinthemachine Aug 2016 #8

Here's what I've observed in this recovery. apnu Aug 2016 #11

You write: "Yes unemployment is down since 2008, but those "new" jobs suck." Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #13

This needs to be pinned because there are DUers who continue to blame Obama for this. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2016 #12

K&R Jamaal510 Aug 2016 #15