I suggest its the poltical news cycle which emphasizes bad news at the expense of good. The US democratic party did not trumpet the progress of recovery from th

I suggest its the poltical news cycle which emphasizes bad news at the expense of good. The US democratic party did not trumpet the progress of recovery from the Great Recession. Instead it focused on the inequalities that remained. True the opposition also focused on the problems of the middle class. But turned 180 degrees once in power claiming to own the economic recovery.