scheming daemons
are you better off than you were four years ago?
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The economy was shedding 750,000 jobs per month when Obama was sworn in. It has had 25 straight months of growth, averaging +200,000 over the past 6.
There are half as many troops in Iraq/Afghanistan than there were in January of 2009.
The Dow was at 6500 the day Obama's stimulus passed. It is over 13,000 now. Your 401k has doubled under Obama.
The U.S. auto industry was about to dissolve in the spring of 2009. It is healthier than it has been in decades now.
America was loathed throughout the rest of the world. It is respected now.
Osama was alive, and al Qaeda was reconstituting. He is dead and al Qaeda barely exists now.
Are we better off than we were 4 years ago???
HELL YES!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002619941Talk about delusions. Where to start? 401-k's have doubled, really?
America is loved throughout the world now, really?
Al Queda barely exists now, really?
rrneck
1. Actually, no. But that wont keep me from voting D. nt
And we vote against our own self interests.
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nadinbrzezinski
8. Personally no
We're still sweating bullets...but that individual experience is different from statistics. We also know why we are in this boat.
0bama is the captain of this boat and just like that cruise ship that ran aground, 0bama will be the first one on the life boat.
NRaleighLiberal
12. personally no...but I am a zillion times happier unemployed with Obama than employed with idiot son!
I have no words for this other than stupid.
Warpy
13. Oh, crap yes
I inherited my dad's stocks in 2006, saw them peak in 2007 and then crash in 2008. Four years later, I have not only what I inherited but an additional 20% on top of it.
So HELL yes, I'm better off. My friends are slowly starting to find jobs and the ones who own businesses are starting to see those businesses improve and are talking about being able to retire before they drop dead in harness.
The only way we're all worse off than before 2009 is in health insurance. Only about half of us are insured at work now, down >20% in the past 10 years. This is unacceptable and I hope we're able to give Obama a Congress that is willing to do something about it.
Funny that same scenario of inheriting stock was a major sin for Romney, you damn 1 percenter.
Texasgal
15. No.
But then again, I didn't expect my President to change everything for me.
So in other words you knew hopen n change was bullshit.
Zorra
20. No.
I've lost an average of $725 - $750 in monthly income over the past 4 years, my insurance premiums have doubled while benefits were drastically cut, and travel expenses have gone through the roof.
I am owed some serious beer and travel money.
But at least Bush isn't in the WH anymore, that's a huge plus.
Once again talk about voting against your own self interests.
The beer and travel money reference is funny though.
KG
25. not me.
haven't had a real job in 4 years.
What you can't find a real job in this massive recovery?
alcibiades_mystery
28. Much better off
I do suspect that my particular skill set and industry has made out better than most during this horrible time.
I am much better off than I was four years ago - my whole family is. But I know that some aren't. I think we need to hold course.
Yeah the course we are on is so wonderful.
pepperbear
40. I know this much...better off than if McCain/Palin had won. nuff sed.
nadine_mn
49. No.
Been unemployed since 2008, unable to pay student loans, quality of life has gone to shif. Still voting but just had to be honest
I would take a job at McDonalds before I would be unemployed for 4 years, then again that's one reason I'm not a DUmmy.
Dawgs
59. NO, but I blame George Bush, the Republicans, and some weak ass Democrats.
President Obama does deserve some of the blame, but certainly not most of it.
And to use the cruise ship again, I blame the captain before the one, who crashed the ship, for the crash.
Damn near every post in that thread says things are worse, yet they can't wait for 4 more years of the same.