xchrom (94,558 posts)
Obama's Legacy Could Be an America of Aristocrats and Peons, Shocking New Research Reveals
madokie (37,537 posts)
1. I hardly see this as Obama's fault
pukes in congress is where the problem lies and no amount of trying to shift the blame to president Obama will change that.
this article is bullshit as far as I'm concerned.
iandhr (2,622 posts)
11. Actually Obama is the first President since Clinton to get tax increases on the rich.
treestar (44,735 posts)
142. Leaves out the fact the Republicans were holding something else hostage
as they always do. They are at an advantage when it comes to not raising the debt ceiling, not passing a budget, causing government shut down, which they do every single time it comes up under President Obama. We should have his back against the Republicans. That might get us somewhere.
lumpy (12,975 posts)
99. Obama is not a prosecutor nor does he make and execute laws. That is the role of a dictator.
A President has to have cooperation from Congress and his constituents to accomplish goals.
Education is a good thing
madokie (37,537 posts)
1. I hardly see this as Obama's fault
pukes in congress is where the problem lies and no amount of trying to shift the blame to president Obama will change that.
this article is bullshit as far as I'm concerned.
madokie (37,537 posts)
1. I hardly see this as Obama's fault
pukes in congress is where the problem lies and no amount of trying to shift the blame to president Obama will change that.
this article is bullshit as far as I'm concerned.
Response to xchrom (Original post)Sat Sep 14, 2013, 04:21 PM:rotf:
Phlem (1,736 posts)
120. Slopping through the drool in this thread,
it's dawned on me that not only does BO have the Obstructionist congress excuse to fall back on, but whole lot of people making more up for him.
Awesome post xchrom.
Response to xchrom (Original post)Sat Sep 14, 2013, 10:10 AMKentuck subscribes to the Limbaugh theorem.
kentuck (68,892 posts)
36. The President meant well...
But he surrounded himself with the "wrong" people, the same people that caused the problems in the first place. That did not help.
If he had appointed different advisers, with a more Democratic bent, he could have accomplished a whole lot more than he has at present.
As it is, the poor and the working class are in an even deeper whole than before.
I would blame the President for a lack of understanding about economics and wealth transfer.
Response to xchrom (Original post)Sat Sep 14, 2013, 10:10 AM"Our policies didn't work because we didn't have the right people in charge."
kentuck (68,892 posts)
36. The President meant well...
But he surrounded himself with the "wrong" people, the same people that caused the problems in the first place.
umpy (12,975 posts)
99. Obama is not a prosecutor nor does he make and execute laws. That is the role of a dictator.
King Hussein took upon himself the powers of the legislative and judicial branches; so he is, in fact, a dictator.
"Our policies didn't work because we didn't have the right people in charge."
"We'll get it right next time."
Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families - those earning less than $20,000 - have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the 1930s Great Depression.
U.S. households with income of more than $150,000 a year have an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, a level traditionally defined as full employment. At the same time, middle-income workers are increasingly pushed into lower-wage jobs. Many of them in turn are displacing lower-skilled, low-income workers, who become unemployed or are forced to work fewer hours, the analysis shows.
xchrom (94,558 posts)
Obama's Legacy Could Be an America of Aristocrats and Peons, Shocking New Research Reveals
Employment gap between rich, poor widest on record (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JOBS_GAP_RICH_AND_POOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-09-16-03-40-33)
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U.S. households with income of more than $150,000 a year have an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, a level traditionally defined as full employment. At the same time, middle-income workers are increasingly pushed into lower-wage jobs. Many of them in turn are displacing lower-skilled, low-income workers, who become unemployed or are forced to work fewer hours, the analysis shows.
"This was no 'equal opportunity' recession or an 'equal opportunity' recovery," said Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. "One part of America is in depression, while another part is in full employment."
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