{"id":2074,"date":"2013-02-11T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/in-gold-we-trust.html"},"modified":"2013-02-11T18:41:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T18:41:00","slug":"in-gold-we-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/in-gold-we-trust.html","title":{"rendered":"In Gold We Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Until the GOP can overcome this image<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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They are going to be a lost voice in the wilderness increasingly ignored. \u00a0I\u2019m not saying the above\u00a0hastily\u00a0improvised salary graph is accurate. \u00a0But it\u2019s the impression a growing number of Americans have of our current economic condition. \u00a0I\u2019m aware of the fact that any job I get, even though it\u00a0requires\u00a0a college degree and years of experience, will have less spending power than a kid bagging groceries would have when I was in school. \u00a0So it\u2019s difficult to fall in behind conservatives who still insist if we just make it easier for the wealthy to get wealthier, their natural generosity and giving natures will make all things right with the world. \u00a0I fear a growing number of Americans are sharing that reluctance to jump back on the old conservative GOP economics\u00a0bandwagon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Until the GOP can overcome this image: They are going to be a lost voice in the wilderness increasingly ignored. \u00a0I\u2019m not saying the above\u00a0hastily\u00a0improvised salary graph is accurate. \u00a0But it\u2019s the impression a growing number of Americans have of our current economic condition. \u00a0I\u2019m aware of the fact that any job I get, even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nIn Gold We Trust<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Until the GOP can overcome this image:They are going to be a lost voice in the wilderness increasingly ignored.  I'm not saying the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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