Is capitalism working?

Izz, you must have pictures of Obama all over your basement and probably on the ceiling over your sleeping bag... you need help.

Thursday's annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care-the Bureau's principal report card on the well-being of average Americans-closes the books on the economic record of George W. Bush.

It's not a record many Republicans are likely to point to with pride.

On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. By contrast, the country's condition improved on each of those measures during Bill Clinton's two terms, often substantially.

President Bush has presided over the weakest eight-year span for the U.S. economy in decades, according to an analysis of key data, and economists across the ideological spectrum increasingly view his two terms as a time of little progress on the nation's thorniest fiscal challenges.

Barry 'he's kind of a dick' Obama surpassed each and every mistake
GW Bush ever made, so much so that he makes Bush look brilliant.

Izz, you could do yourself and the rest of us a big favor and take the time
to do a little research before you start spewing left wing talking points.



The members of the fu*ked up foursome pictured above are largely responsible for the mess we are currently neck deep in.

To me, it's more about whether the global corporate capitalism is working in the interests of ordinary people or not.

H2O MAN wrote:

Izz, you could do yourself and the rest of us a big favor and take the time
to do a little research before you start spewing left wing talking points.



The members of the fu*ked up foursome pictured above are largely responsible for the mess we are currently neck deep in.

I happen to have the utmost respect for the 4 listed in that photo.

msolga wrote:

To me, it's more about whether the global corporate capitalism is working in the interests of ordinary people or not.

Who are these 'ordinary people' you speak of and what are their 'interests' exactly?

RexRed wrote:

H2O MAN wrote:

Izz, you could do yourself and the rest of us a big favor and take the time
to do a little research before you start spewing left wing talking points.



The members of the fu*ked up foursome pictured above are largely responsible for the mess we are currently neck deep in.

I happen to have the utmost respect for the 4 listed in that photo.

You lost me right there... how can you respect those that have no respect for the country, the bill of rights or the constitution?

Who are these 'ordinary people' you speak of and what are their 'interests' exactly?

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Who are these 'ordinary people' you speak of and what are their 'interests' exactly?

People like you & me, everywhere .... over-worked & underpaid workers in Chinese (& other) factories, people whose manufacturing industries have been closed down because they can't compete with cheap imports, people who are now out of work with little prospect of future employment, people whose environment is being destroyed by pollutants from factories where there are few government regulations about such things, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, ...
"Ordinary people's interests" are living decent lives, wherever they live.