Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump (Credit: AP/Andrew Harnik/Nati Harnik/Photo montage by Salon)
Tuesday, many Americans will head to the polls in a U.S. economy that is on much firmer footing than it was eight years ago amid one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression. Despite the slow pace of post-recession recovery, by most measures Americans are better off today than they were when President Barack Obama took office in January 2009.
At the same time, there’s been a growing discontent about the direction the country is going. Polls consistently show that a majority of Americans don’t believe the …read more
Source: Salon
