Willie, please regale us with some of the stories of new businesses starting up and taking off like gangbusters. Or the laid off employees who have created their own employment and don't have to depend on the largesse of others.
I know, the media doesn't cover that stuff, so the stories are hard to find.
You mean the "one in a million" stories that are akin to fairy tales. Fairytales are great for putting children to sleep who still believe in "if". As a grownup, we reach a point where we realize that there are the one in a million stories (people who start businesses from nothing by being in the right place, knowing the right people or having some other advantage). We also realize there is the average story for the vast majority of people who don't have the option, money, connections, etc.
Fairytales can motivate; but, they largely don't come true. As such, they are pacifiers for those who would rather not deal with reality. And the reality is the guys like me who had the American dream rug yanked out from under us by politicos with their own agendas. Us average guys ended up with no employment, insufficient employment, or multiple low paying jobs with no benefits and no real future. If the average story makes your guy look bad, the dishonest approach is to sell the fairytale in hopes that someone will believe that's the average. Is this what you expect us to do? Sell people the fairytale of what a few managed after a severe kick in the teeth and present it as the average case that we should all become Geobbles for the sake of the party? Or do we just deal with the truth and let the party defend itself?