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2016 Postmortem

BernieforPres2016

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9. And the collapse in housing destroyed net worths in the African American community

Reply to Viva_La_Revolution (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 01:05 PM

Apr 2016

much more than it did in the white community, because AA's tend to put more of their wealth in their homes than in 401Ks and other investment vehicles. Van Jones and Donna Brazile talked about that at one of the earlier debates as one of the "secrets" of their community, even though I've seen numerous mentions of it in articles since the housing collapse. Is Hillary the only one who doesn't know that, or is she just incapable of coming with up any new ideas?

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Do people know about Hillary's $10,000 for a house down payment plan? [View all] BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 OP

Hahaha WhaTHellsgoingonhere Apr 2016 #1

Ply poor people into debt, then screw em? CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #2

How many times will people fall for this scam? BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #4

The new economic model is perpetual debt. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #5

Bill Clinton and the Telecommunications Act BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #6

We need to create a Moral Economy. Just listened to Bernie at the Vatican. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #7

I do a little dance every year or two with DIRECTV BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #10

I have basic cable and Internet for $100, Comcast in a rental, but I use digital antenna. CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #11

They are on to the next monetary scam/bubble ViseGrip Apr 2016 #3

yep. heard the dead silence when she said that to the group too Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #8

And the collapse in housing destroyed net worths in the African American community BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #9

Great...more govt funding of subprime mortgage lending so the jmg257 Apr 2016 #12

What a joke! Carni Apr 2016 #13