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In reply to the discussion: This Map Reveals Just How Unequal The So-Called Recovery Is [View all]ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)42. I have brain damage. Why not just answer the question
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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