It's really as simple at this. The onus on the Democrat party now is to reverse failing the middle class so badly that they felt their best option was to elect a bigot.
Why is the "onus" on the Democratic party when Trump ran as a Republican?. Let's do a little recent history of what happened in the US since 2000, shall we?. A republican president (backed by a republican congress) decided to de-regulate the banking industry and wall St. too, so began the "house of cards" where in 2-3 years everyone's home was now tripled in value.. Next began the construction of more condo's, more homes, more retail space, more everything!. Many homeowners did a re-fi and bought that Winnebago they always wanted, mortgages were handed out like Halloween candy, in '93 when I bought my house it took 3-4 weeks for $$ verification, employment verification, everything was done by the book. At the end of the day they tallied our debt and income and gave us a max $$ number we could spend, this is how a mortgage gets an "A" bond rating so it could be sold to another bank or traded on wall St. In the early 2000's that system became a laughingstock, people were buying homes they COULD NOT afford to pay for but hey, who needs regulations, right?. Garbage mortgage loans were "rubber-stamped" by bond Co's as "A" who were in on the "action" as well, construction boomed to the point that even a carpenter's helper were fetching $17-20/hr (around here in FL anyway), it got to the point that Disney had to bring in folks from South America to perform tasks that locals used to do, some pizza places stopped delivery service due to lack of drivers. Then, as it had to, the "house of cards" collapsed, foreclosures were rampant, wall St. (who had bought a lot of the garbage loans) began to crumble, automakers needed "bailing out" or millions more would be unemployed. THIS is the situation Obama inherited, IMHO I thought he did a decent job over his tenure, people are back to work, but the pay is not what it was in '03-'04 so now how is Trump going to make everything all rosy again?, what are his plans to restore the middle class?, how can he get the manufacturing jobs lost to Mexico back?. We shall see, I hope he does well. I think us, as Americans need to get a LOT more involved with how and who we spend our $$ on, during his campaign Trump mentioned the Carrier Co closing all US manufacturing operations and moving those to Mexico, maybe it's time WE started rewarding Co's that don't leave for the "cheap thrill" of paying someone $3.50/hr
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