What do you mean "and yet"? You are not contradicting the GP in any way, you are...

		dasil003 on Dec 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans are 40% poorer than before the recession What do you mean "and yet"? You are not contradicting the GP in any way, you are merely reiterating exactly what he already said: successes and failures, upward or downward.