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Old 09-23-2010, 11:03 PM  
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Originally Posted by Bill8 View Post
there have been a few articles recently promoting this idea, usually with a "but if the boomers pull together they can set things right" happy ending.

that the tea party is based on lower and lowest-middle class boomer rage at the loss of their promised american dream seems a fairly accurate summary.

It's actually is as simple as that: mortgage securities being de-regulated in the 80's and 90's caused the collapse, then the rage came with the lower class boomers fueled by racism from having a black President presiding over the demise.
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