Are we better or worse off today than in....

[melm00se]

(insert year here).

This thread (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4969437) got me thinking:
Are we better or worse off today than in...?

Poverty rates (as a percentage):


Unemployment rate:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/UNRATE.txt

Homeownership


Median income


College Enrollment rate (of recent high school graduates)


High School Graduation rate:


Top Tax Rates


30 year mortgage rates


(add your statistical graph as we move along).

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In some ways we're better off but in others we are worse. Draw your own conclusions from the data provided.

[Arctic Dave]

1. Worse.

Don't expect either party to care about you or your needs.

[FSogol]

2. Unrec. The "Are we better or worse off today than..." phrase is a rhetorical tool used against

incumbents. It oversimplifies everything into a sound bite. Bottom line: We are better off with Democratic elected leaders than Republican ones. Vote accordingly.

[valerief]

3. We are better off with progressive leaders than fascist leaders. nt

[FSogol]

4. That's it? Not going to promote some unelectable candidate or some favored politician from 75 years

ago? :shrug: