>>during an expansion
Hmm .. an expansion?
Yes, the Dow has more than doubled, but the kids pumping gas and the single moms flipping burgers and trying to hustle their way thru a corrupt "higher learning" system might wonder what exactly has expanded.
While the repubs chase shadows like Bengazi and missing emails and the dems try to make them look foolish (not very challenging) , the real issues- rampant institutional corruption and increasing wealth inequality- go untouched.
The Tea Party and the Occupy movement had their fingers on it but as we just saw in the Mississippi and NY primaries, the electorate still doesn't get it.