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ChoppinBroccoli

(3,781 posts) Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:15 PM Aug 2012

Raise Your Hand If You're NOT Better Off Than You Were 4 Years Ago

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Raise Your Hand If You're NOT Better Off Than You Were 4 Years Ago (Original Post) ChoppinBroccoli Aug 2012 OP

I like the joke. But seriously ... BlueStreak Aug 2012 #1

BlueStreak

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1. I like the joke. But seriously ...

Reply to ChoppinBroccoli (Original post)

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:28 PM

Aug 2012

Anybody who owns any stock -- which theoretically should be most Republicans, but probably isn't -- is MUCH better off than 4 years ago.

The stock market isn't everything, and there are plenty of people who are struggling. But people need to think really long and hard about where we were 4 years ago. We were, without any exaggeration -- teetering on the edge of going into a DEPRESSION where the stock market could have dropped 8% and unemployment could have jumped to 25%

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