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In reply to the discussion: This Map Reveals Just How Unequal The So-Called Recovery Is [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)30. If that's not what you are positing, than the OP is completely meaningless. That's your choice...
meaningless or wrong.
If you are saying "well, the recovery is benefiting the more wealthy first, but thats how recoveries work" than your OP is meaningless. Its not asserting there is anything new.
If you are saying "well, the recovery is benefiting the more wealthy first and that shows you how badly Obama architected the recovery", then you are wrong. Because all recoveries tend to work this way.
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Aww, heck, just vote for someone self-id'd as a Democrat. Problems solved. n/t
jtuck004
Jan 2015
#16
Agreed. One of the central things missing in this study is a comparison to previous recoveries
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#24
From EPI's nonpartisan study, you'll see inequality is back at levels not seen since the late 1920s
RiverLover
Jan 2015
#25
OP posits that this recovery is somehow different from others. That is what I am addressing.
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#26
If that's not what you are positing, than the OP is completely meaningless. That's your choice...
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#30
Having all the data and knowing I am right and didn't write a nonsensical OP helps me sleep. nt
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#37
There is no recovery for me, I still haven't recovered from the 1st Bush recession.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2015
#43
People said the same about every single previous recovery. dating back to the 1930s.
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#45
I'll let you think about it some more to see if you can get it. Hint, all recoveries work this way.
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#31
So it sounds like you're a "trickle down" theory kind of guy, if you think the rich must recover
RiverLover
Jan 2015
#40
Why should I put forth the effort to explain it if you won't put forth the effort to understand it?
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#44
Is the answer they spend them at giant corporations so therefore inequality rises?
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#52
No. They spend them on food at the grocery store, on clothes at the clothing store, and
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#53
Correct, during a recovery, that's why inequality is increasing more than it normally might...
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#55
Seems to me your claim is equivalent to saying inequality always rises, not just in recovery.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#59
No, that's not what I am saying. My posit is specifically regarding the beginning of recoveries.
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#61
No, it isn't. First you tell me you can't figure stuff out, then you tell me what my words mean as
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#64
you said, during a recovery ordinary people get some money and turn around and spend it
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#66
Sure I do, and it's obvious. See my 48. If you can't figure this out, you have no business
stevenleser
Jan 2015
#51