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Toggle open close If there is one thing about politics that unites Americans these days, it is their contempt for political parties and partisanship. More Americans today identify as independents than with either of the two major political parties. Citizens boast that they “vote for the person, not for the party,” and denounce fellow citizens or representatives who blindly toe the party line. Party leaders in Congress are held in disrepute, criticized by one side for being too soft and condemned by the other for being too partisan. Insurgent, outsider candidates are increasingly successfu...

If we had a thriving economy. this is the most anemic recovery in history, at least in recorded history, since we've been following these things. and one of the reasons it is so anemic is that almost all of the economic gains have gone to the very top, while at the same time, we are cutting the social safety net so average people and working-class people and poor people don't have enough money to turn around and keep the economy going. >> is there a problem with -- when there is a certain line of progressive attack on places like walmart now, which ends up being about them using, essentially, ...

This is the most anemic recovery in history, at least in recorded history, since we've been following these things. and one of the reasons it is so anemic is that almost all of the economic gains have gone to the very top, while at the same time, we are cutting the social safety net so average people and working-class people and poor people don't have enough money to turn around and keep the economy going. >> is there a problem with -- when there is a certain line of progressive attack on places like walmart now, which ends up being about them using, essentially, the social safety net as a kin...

>> exactly. >> -- overall. that is, the better off in america would be even better off if we had a thriving economy. this is the most anemic recovery in history, at least in recorded history, since we've been following these things. and one of the reasons it is so anemic is that almost all of the economic gains have gone to the very top, while at the same time, we are cutting the social safety net so average people and working-class people and poor people don't have enough money to turn around and keep the economy going. >> is there a problem with -- when there is a certain line of progressive...