How many Liberals have jobs and are doing OK?

Question

I see liberals STILL trying to make excuses for not giving Bush credit for the economy. My question to you is are you employed? Are you finanically OK? If you own stocks or have an IRA, have they not went up the last 5 years? Can you afford to put food on the table? If you HONESTLY answer yes to these, how can you HONESTLY say things are bad? Thanks.

jpfer - Yes, if you are Bill Gates. Thanks.

jpfer - Thanks for the insult. I forgot you knew me. I was simply asking a question. I didn't call you or anybody else a bum or accuse them of flying the Confederate flag. Thanks.

Answer 1

Liberals have been fine since the Clinton economy and now the Bush years.

Answer 2

I don't think it's so much that liberals are all on welfare - but I have noticed that liberals that are doing OK tend to have started out OK - - they tend not to have advanced their families' batons, so to speak - to have jumped a class or two. Some have, but for the most part, new money is red, old money is blue, because new money people know first hand that it's not a fixed class system and they feel entitled to keep their money since they worked harder for it.

Even if you went to school and got good grades and work long hours - - the people in the professions whose parents were law partners or Big 8 (it was at the time) accountants whose kids got to the same spot, often the kids got a lot of help, at least guidance, from the parents, and it's easier to make them feel like "there but for the grace of God" they'd be garbagemen.

The kids with those jobs whose parents WERE garbagemen - or school teachers, etc.... and who made the jump on their own - much more likely to feel entitled to their earnings.

Pretty logical.

Unfortunately, most people do judge the economy based on their own economic condition - even though there are very detailed numbers on the economy at large, including incomes. Those numbers are pretty darned good not only for Bush '43 but for everyone post-Carter.

And tribeca we've had this debate before - libs are more highly educated but only if a doctorate in black studies counts as being more educated than an MBA.

And please, this whole "the economy is gonna self-destruct" stuff - yes Bush spends too much but so far the overspending has resulted in what, a 25 bps premium on the 10-year? Whoop-de-freakin'-do, Basel.... The thing to do about that is.... raise interest rates, and that's what the Fed has done - - STILL we have 4.5% unemployment.

And what's this "underemployed" nonsense? Everybody thinks they ought to work on Wall Street - we all think we're underemployed. But when people take the increase in 'service sector' jobs and say that that means Starbucks - no, it doesn't. 'Service sector' does not mean 'foodservice.'

Answer 3

I am employed, same job for 20 years. This has no reflection on Bush except his administration has made my job harder.
I am okay with my fiances. I need more money to offset the increased cost of living. Utility rates up, housing costs up, fuel up.
Yes my investments went up in the last 5 years as they should, no help from Dubya.
I can afford to feed my family, that comes first. It is the other things involved in raising a family that are now so difficult. Tuition for college as an example.
I say that it is worse because Bush has created a superficial economy based on a war that is illegal, expensive and is being charged to America's credit card like no other. I noticed you didn't address the debt nor the cost of the war. Why?

Answer 4

Bill Gates is a liberal......

Does that answer your question?

Not to mention countless others. Liberals actually tend to be more educated which results in higher paying jobs.

Now, you should go get in your red neck truck with the confederate flag, take the white hood off of your antenna and go for a drive. Maybe....look up some schools. There is still life after your GED.

Answer 5

Actually, the president has a minor effect on the economy, that is unless he manages to dupe the country into a senseless quagmire of a war which, no matter what party is in office seems to bolster the economy. GWB is a very lousy president, the corruption in this administration is unprecedented and you expect me to bow down to this guy just because I happen to have a job? I had a job during Clinton too. A better job. Oh yeah, the oil was cheaper too, and the nation had credibility around the world and a leader that could string two coherent sentences together.

Answer 6

According to a Pew Research study, liberals, as defined by their typology, have the highest levels of education of all the groups that they studied and have among the highest incomes of the groups.

Most liberals are concerned about the economy, not from a selfish point of view, but looking at the circumstances of the middle income, low income and poor Americans. Part of what it means to be liberal is to actually care about what happens to other people, i.e. to have a liberal viewpoint.

High budget deficits, wasted taxpayers’ money, medically uninsured Americans, wage stagnation, the housing slump, the sinking dollar are issues that affect us all, if not immediately, then ultimately.

Answer 7

Personally, I have a much broader view of what makes a good President then my own economic condition. I think Bush has done many awful and irreparable things to our country that will be bad for me and the rest of society in the long run, even if it doesn't affect my present income. Also, I would say that I have done well because of my own hard work and perservence, despite George Bush, not because of him.

Answer 8

The US dollar as well as this economy is about to self destruct, That's a fact. The signs are evident and undeniable. If Iran goes to dump cheap oil heavily on the market, it will be done for. Get ready. Of course when they go to do this (i'm projecting that they will) watch and see who tries stopping them. That should tell us all something.

Answer 9

Part of being a liberal is waging political wars on behalf of those without a voice in our system, such as the disenfranchised, homeless, or uneducated. That I have a job and am financially stable is of no moment: I speak for those who don't, for those who need equal access to education before they are stuck in the cycle of poverty. A high stock market is only one indicator of the economic well-being of the country, other economic indicators don't show as rosy an outlook as you make it out to be.

Answer 10

Actually, I've got TWO jobs, and I'm doing just fine, thanks. The main reason why we criticize Bush's economic policies is because he has given us a sky-high deficit that may never be paid off in our lifetime. Living comfortably isn't the only way to measure how the economy is doing.