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Are you better off?
by Idéfix Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:00 am
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/31/gallup-life-got-better-for-pretty-much-everyone-under-obama/?tid=sm_fb
How Americans feel about the state of their lives have improved markedly in the eight years since Barack Obama was elected president, according to Gallup data released Tuesday.
In 2008, fewer than half of Americans said their life was good enough to be considered "thriving," according to Gallup. But that's changed: "The 55.4% who are thriving so far in 2016 is on pace to be the highest recorded in the nine years Gallup and Healthways have tracked it," according to the report.
Not only that, members of each ethnic or racial group in Gallup's study feel better about their lives.
How Americans feel about the state of their lives have improved markedly in the eight years since Barack Obama was elected president, according to Gallup data released Tuesday.
In 2008, fewer than half of Americans said their life was good enough to be considered "thriving," according to Gallup. But that's changed: "The 55.4% who are thriving so far in 2016 is on pace to be the highest recorded in the nine years Gallup and Healthways have tracked it," according to the report.
Not only that, members of each ethnic or racial group in Gallup's study feel better about their lives.
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Re: Are you better off?
by MaxEntropy_Man Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:11 am
from my little perch, things are improving. two very productive young people who spent the last five years of their life with me and are ready to move on, are being courted aggressively by well known firms. for them the choices of jobs are really an embarrassment of riches. i can definitely say it wasn't like that five or six years ago. advanced degrees in technology are a great thing to have in this economy.
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Re: Are you better off?
by Propagandhi711 Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:33 am
polls, statistics and anecdotes are wonderful things. when the subject is income inequality, we can torture stats to show how bad things are compared to some golden age, but when the subject is our guys' performance, we can show how good ppl are feeling.
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Re: Are you better off?
by MaxEntropy_Man Thu Sep 01, 2016 10:37 am
speaking of stats, here is a site i found. you can look for all kinds of things. here are a few charts on US debt:
http://politicsthatwork.com/tags.php?type=issue&tag=Debt
http://politicsthatwork.com/tags.php?type=issue&tag=Debt
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Re: Are you better off?
by silvermani Thu Sep 01, 2016 1:46 pm
Are the peasants hungry? What do I care? The kitchen in my ivory tower is fully stocked!
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Re: Are you better off?
by southindian Thu Sep 01, 2016 3:31 pm
You miss the good old Soviet Union. Don't you!silvermani wrote:Are the peasants hungry? What do I care? The kitchen in my ivory tower is fully stocked!
There will NEVER be 100% employment and ALL people getting their meals ALL the time.
Economic comparisons are always relative. Not sure if you comprehend this.
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Re: Are you better off?
by silvermani Thu Sep 01, 2016 9:20 pm
Not sure if you comprehend that a small minority raping the majority through policies that benefit them to the detriment of others is not capitalism.southindian wrote:You miss the good old Soviet Union. Don't you!silvermani wrote:Are the peasants hungry? What do I care? The kitchen in my ivory tower is fully stocked!
There will NEVER be 100% employment and ALL people getting their meals ALL the time.
Economic comparisons are always relative. Not sure if you comprehend this.
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Re: Are you better off?
by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:26 am
silvermani wrote:Not sure if you comprehend that a small minority raping the majority through policies that benefit them to the detriment of others is not capitalism.southindian wrote:You miss the good old Soviet Union. Don't you!silvermani wrote:Are the peasants hungry? What do I care? The kitchen in my ivory tower is fully stocked!
There will NEVER be 100% employment and ALL people getting their meals ALL the time.
Economic comparisons are always relative. Not sure if you comprehend this.
when did the role reversals occur and when did you guys turn commie?
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Re: Are you better off?
by silvermani Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:22 am
Calling out phony capitalism is not communism.
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Re: Are you better off?
by MaxEntropy_Man Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:41 am
silvermani wrote:Calling out phony capitalism is not communism.
but the party you support has for many decades been advocating policies that undergird this "phony capitalism" as you put it -- be it tax policy, financial regulation, employment laws, or environmental policy. while i don't think it's phony, i really do think there are serious structural problems. even if it is late, welcome (to the group that thinks there are problems that need fixing)!
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