The most annoying thing about this "Are you better off today" question

[sufrommich]

is that it was originally said by Ronald Reagan, who then set into motion a right wing fantasy that pretty much guaranteed that Americans would never be able to answer "yes" to that question again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/opinion/henry-ford-when-capitalists-cared.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share

[Vincardog]

1. Wrong. Some Murikans can say YES we are

they are the .001% who have gotten all the gain of the last 30 years.
They are the ones who promote mandatory minimum sentences for possessing any Mary Jane.
They do this to fill the beds in their private prisons.
They profit on imprisoning citizens and from "allowing" them to work for 12 cents an hour.

Slave labor is alive and living in Corporate Murika.

[melvinmartinez]

2. Simple as that

Do people not remember 2008, and how bad it was before then?

Martinez Report: "As a point of reference; U.S. debt grew 86 percent under the W. Bush administration. It grew a proportionally diminished 35 percent under the current administration, according to the Treasury Department."

By sheer proportions, we're easily better off now.

[jberryhill]

3. No, the MOST annoying thing about that line....

...is that it is a piss-poor way of deciding who, among two candidates, is a better choice for the country's future.

I never really thought the purpose of government is to make me, personally, "better off".

[Ship of Fools]

5. My feeling, exactly...

democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1250439

[Blue Idaho]

4. Yes.

In the six months before the president was elected, we lost 3.5 million jobs, today we’ve created 4.5 million private sector jobs. The stock market was at 8,457 - today its over 13,000 and today the US auto industry is the number one auto industry in the world.

Add to that the early impact of ObamaCare on the most at risk Americans and the answer is a resounding yes.

[chowder66]

6. Actually Yes. 4 years ago today Bush was in office. nt