"Are you better off than you were four years ago?" [View all]

[kentuck]

Come November, that is a question that will surely be asked.

As a nation, the answer would have to be "Yes".

Because four years ago, we had lost almost 4 million jobs in the last six months of 2008. In January of 2009, the month that Barack Obama was sworn in as President, we lost 750,000 jobs in one month!

Also, the economy was in shambles. The banking system was in deep trouble, not just in America, but around the world. They housing bubble had burst. We were in the middle of a Great Recession. Even Republicans were scared shitless.

So, if someone asks if the country is better off now than four years ago, the answer would have to be a resounding "Yes!".