Isn't it kind of obvious that the country is better off than it was four years ago? #doesntmeanthatsgoodenough
@speechboy71 That's partly bc except in key areas, the pain of 2008 was felt at top--now it is entirely felt at bottom, middle.
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@emptywheel The problem of course, as you said, is that it's been four years of a crappy economy. -
@speechboy71 We've spent 3.5 years trying to "help" the banks, rather than help the people victimized by the banks. -
@emptywheel Not helping banks in 08 would have made things worse, but you're absolutely right about housing. One of BHO's biggest mistakes -
@speechboy71 Still, a TON of people have spent the last 3 years trying to keep their home, wasting all their savings. -
@emptywheel Right it's quite a challenge - pointing out that the economy IS better while not ignoring real suffering that continues -
@speechboy71 That's part of problem w/this discussion. W/rising inequality, even w/econ turning around, for actual PEOPLE it's often not. -
@emptywheel Well sure it's all relative. But you can't discount stats r -
@speechboy71 I'm not discounting stats. I'm pointing out that many of them: quality of job and net worth, among others, show econ is worse. - 2 more replies
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