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doc03

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6. I bought a new car on March 14, 2020, two days later everything was locked down

Wed Mar 13, 2024, 10:22 AM

Mar 13

because of COVID. I remember tailgating outside fast food restaurants for lunch. The regular sit-down restaurants were all
closed, the malls and big box stores were closed. Gas was cheaper because nobody was buying it and oil companies were paying anyone that would take it off their hands. I saw my retirement savings drop by 10s of thousands. Today
the US has the hottest economy in the world, inflation is down, unemployment has been at 50 year lows for two years straight.
I have recovered all the losses in my retirement accounts and last year I made more on my investments than any other year.
I saw a MAGA post on Facebook a couple days ago saying if Biden gets re-elected we would go back to lock downs, crashing stock markets and unemployment. They just repeat the lies over and over and 1/2 the people will believe them.

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Are you better off than you were four years ago? [View all] EarlG Mar 13 OP

And it will be progressively better once we give Biden/Harris a solid working Congress. marble falls Mar 13 #1

Hell yes. We are better off now than 4 years ago at this time. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 13 #2

Yup. 2naSalit Mar 13 #3

yes. KarenS Mar 13 #4

Of course!! TSExile Mar 13 #5

I bought a new car on March 14, 2020, two days later everything was locked down doc03 Mar 13 #6

Yes! Johnny2X2X Mar 13 #7

I remember March 2020 well. Torchlight Mar 13 #8

Look for Mr. "I-Can't-Grow-a-Beard" Wednesdays Mar 13 #20

Better on every level. eom MontanaMama Mar 13 #9

Yes. I just got back from the pharmacy dobleremolque Mar 13 #10

Oh much, much better off PatSeg Mar 13 #11

Yes. beaglelover Mar 13 #12

Yes Auggie Mar 13 #13

Oh HELL yeah! BumRushDaShow Mar 13 #14

Oh, hell yeah! kentuck Mar 13 #15

I was in Disneyland in Arnhem for my husbands 60th birthday kimbutgar Mar 13 #16

Oh hell yes!!! niyad Mar 13 #17

Let him take Slim Pickens place in dealing with Russia. KS Toronado Mar 13 #18

Yes Rebl2 Mar 13 #19

Hell Yes!! Niagara Mar 13 #21

The statistics of his criminal negligence are a disgrace. Justice matters. Mar 13 #32

Thanks for the stats, Justice! Niagara Mar 14 #46

Better now. Vaxed to the max, can go out in relative safety. My turncoat Senator is leaving. Inflation slowed massively. Attilatheblond Mar 13 #22

About to get same Kaleva Mar 13 #23

Sorry for that DLCWIdem Mar 13 #27

The people who lost loved ones or had tough going... Kaleva Mar 13 #30

Four years ago I couldn't find toilet paper in the supermarket. JenniferJuniper Mar 13 #24

I was thankful for being prepared for emergencies Kaleva Mar 13 #31

Finally DLCWIdem Mar 13 #25

WAY better off BornADemocrat Mar 13 #26

Conservatives blatantly denying the pandemic back then IronLionZion Mar 13 #28

Four Years Ago... Mr.Bee Mar 13 #29

The behavior of the chuds during the pandemic really woke up... keep_left Mar 13 #34

I'm retired and things are the same for me, no better, no worse. n/t elocs Mar 13 #33

I'm retired Mr.Bee Mar 13 #35

I live on SS but being under the 100% Federal Poverty Level elocs Mar 13 #36

yeah, they're stellar Skittles Mar 14 #42

Oh, hell, yeah! chowmama Mar 13 #37

4 years ago I said out loud, "How will we get better?". BigmanPigman Mar 13 #38

I'm retired and on a fixed pension. markodochartaigh Mar 13 #39

I'm in fear that my company is going to lay us all off LoveMyCali Mar 13 #40

The federal govt. is no longer caging all the children they can at the border HariSeldon Mar 14 #41

The better question: Are you better off than you would have been if Trump had won 4 years ago? jaxexpat Mar 14 #43

I have plenty of toilet paper and I'm not afraid of ending up in the ICU on a ventilator machine. texasfiddler Mar 14 #44

Joy Reid bdamomma Mar 14 #45

In a word, YES. Dulcinea Mar 14 #47

My mental health is better, that's for sure. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 14 #48

How traitortrump exacerbated the pandemic... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 14 #49