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(10,893 posts)kathman-duzi
(82 posts)is auditioning for a new post! Maybe a blue movie career or say faux news commentator. Her question was a campaign speech ALL by itself and her voice is pretty grating as well! LOL
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)Wish he would have explained how the income gap has been growing for way longer than he has been President, but her brain probably would have exploded all over the set.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)....and doing that has moved our nation's wealth into the hands of a well connected few.
We used to define the US by the quality of life here of our middle class and we need to get back to that.
SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)...back when the economic indicators included how much people had in savings and how much disposable income they had.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)He didn't harp on it but he did say it.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)We actually had a better quality of life in this country before the Reagan Years.
The Republicans went from being nostalgic over a 50s that didn't exist to an 80s that didn't exist. Just when you thought the guys alive during the 50s were going to die off so we could live in the 21st century they dug up a crop of idiots who think the Reagan Years was America at it's peak. Back when the entire cabinet was going to jail and the only reason the President didn't join them was he claimed he didn't know anything.
Prior to Reagan we had Americans with more job security socking away extra money and going on vacations. There were good paying jobs in factories that didn't require even a High School education, you leaned on the job. I knew this one guy who was a lathe operator who had to quit school when he was 16 because his parents got divorced and all he did all day was pick up the part, insert in in the machine, close the lid and hit a button and then read a Hustler magazine until he heard the beep to let him know he had to take out the part and put in another one. It paid seven times minimum wage and he was in a union.
Every time the subject of jobs comes up the Democrats talk about education (mostly as a shout out to the teachers union). That makes those without an education feel like they are being left out. Imagine you are in your 50s and looking for work and hear them say you need to go to college. A lot of these people can't even pass a high school refresher course. When I was in High School the pocket calculator was invented and it was BANNED from our math classes. We had to do algebra in our head and write it longhand and show our work. To say that is "dated" is putting it mildly so telling these people they have to get an education to get a job when they had a job without one is a turn off. The Democrats need to talk to THOSE people.
Kucinich had a solution. Lower the retirement age to 50. Let them retire now if they wish and collect Social Security. This would free up the job market for younger workers. That was the effect when Social Security was first created. Before then, you worked your whole life so there were people in their 80s and 90s in the labor market. When those over 65 were allowed to retire it opened up positions for younger workers. He later raised that age suggestion to 55 and then 60 but when you have Republicans wanting to raise it to 70 or eliminate it altogether....
antigop
(12,778 posts)He had the perfect opportunity to bring it up.
Not a bad answer, but he could have really nailed Romney on outsourcing.
Cha
(298,077 posts)view from his Boca Raton moment..but, if mitt were there he would be slamming Pres Obama with lies every chance he got.
Guessing PBO didn't want to use that venue?
heaven05
(18,124 posts)d- on his answer to this right wing mittwit nitwit
treestar
(82,383 posts)I was bored by the time she was in the middle of her screed and don't even know what she asked. All I noticed was her dark roots. Is it so hard to expect more of people who get a job on national television - that they can ask a straight up question?
fasttense
(17,301 posts)I mean she seems only to be spouting a long winded RW talking point. That point has been asked by RepubliCONS a million times. She tries to make it sound original by spewing some contorted explanation but it comes down to "Why did you ruin the economy Mr. Obama?" And of course anyone NOT born yesterday knows W and Cheney destroyed the economy right before they left office as a good bye to Americans.
But why should I care what this woman thinks? Did she win some intellectual prize? Did she win some famous debate? Really why should I care about her question at all?
midnight
(26,624 posts)SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)Could be why Obama didn't have a better answer for her. He should have said something like what Spitfire of ATJ suggested (see above in this thread).
Phlem
(6,323 posts)Get back under the bridge where ye belong.
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