they have all had different challenges....and all brought on by the right
These 5 charts prove that the economy does better under Democratic presidents
Conservatives love to tout their economic bona fides. But the data reveal a far different story
As the 2016 election cycle heats up, the key question at stake for most Americans is economic growth and jobs. The debate, then, will center around what to do with the fragile recovery that overwhelmingly
benefits the rich; the stagnation of
middle class incomes; and unemployment -- which,
particularly for young people of color, remains dispiritingly high.
The right likes to argue that these conditions mark a clear failure of progressive policies, and in particular of the Obama administration. In the process, they reject policies that have, however imperfect, unequivocally strengthened the economy over the past seven years,
such as the stimulus packages that came in response to the economic crisis.
Conservatives love to tout their economic bona fides. But the data reveal a far different story
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