expectations
a while ago my right wing friends were all pissed off that democrats were getting elected like crazy. after outrage came acceptance. sorta. horrible things were going to happen. and democrats would have no one to blame but themselves. okay, so democrats have a super majority here in california. let's see what happened. the great depression has ended. the job market is heating up. at least for educated people in the tech fields. government spending is down overall. spending on education is up. taxes are up. but not horribly. the deficit is gone. we now have a small budget surplus. yeah, things are so horrible i'm wishing we could have endured this horror years ago. you know. just to get it over with.