America: Are we two or one? | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: NARAL and the NRA don't control the purse strings - they control the volunteer bases of their respective parites.
The reason that rural America and the middle class are still angry is that their homes are still underwater. Even with an adequate income to buy a bigger house, they cannot afford to move because they can't sell what they have. It is called deflation and it is the hallmark of a Depression, not a Recession, and Obama did nothing for it (at the behest of Larry Summers and the Clintonite economic team) - but neither will Trump and his Tea Party backers (many of whom are financed by people who hold the mortgage securities). That has created a level of anger among those likely to say deplorable things - particularly on the subject of race - which includes class but class does not explain it all. There are just white people who hate black peope and they are out in force for Trump.
The significant keynote address of our time was that of Elizabeth Warren. She may be our future and the one who can do something about underwater finance. If you want inspiration, show her speech, although it is not a unifying speech as she gives Trump the treatment he deserves. Truth-telliing can be devisive but it is sometimes more necessary than the myth of unity.
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