You are flat out right about the Republicans. Their policies ALWAYS fail and then the Dems fix the problem they inherit. They never blame the Republicans, they allow themselves to be referred to as tax and spend democrats, etc. The simple fact is that they raise taxes to bail out what the Republican wrought. Obama was an excellent example of that one. We went into debt to bail out the banks and they too are likely to have at it again as Trump has changed what the Dems did to get them under control.

Then there is the job thing. ITS ALL ABOUT JOBS! Americans are, I think, the most productive work force in the world. We LOVE our jobs, good, bad, or otherwise. I spent a lot of time making sure my employees were not working for free! Almost every day I had to tell somebody that I did not want anybody working for me and not getting paid for it. I didn't do that out of the kindness of my heart but the law which would hammer me if I did that. Americans, I believe, would work for free if they could. I also used to gather everybody together when an election took place and explained that they should all vote and people who do not vote get screwed. Made no difference - they rarely voted. Believe me, its ALL about jobs! (and little else)

It is kinda interesting. The underpaid folks working for fast food places are an example of Americans at work. They all, for years, got screwed over by the fast food folks yet they loved their jobs. They were not the ones who rose up to get better pay, they are not organized, they just work. When the cries to help them are heard those cries are from others that are concerned, not the workers.

I have always thought we live in a very strange place......