Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

You really lucked out. Many people lost their houses.

^I know a few. However, they couldn't afford it to begin with and it is not Obama's fault. It is loose regulations and practices, coupled with people making bad decisions.

No, It's Obama. Someone who wanted America to recover would have done the things that cause that to occurr. Obama has done the exact opposite. He is deliberately causing it to bring America to her knees so he can FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM HER TO A SOCIALIST COUNTRY..."We gotta spread the wealth around"! And tell me where 10TRILLION dollars are that walked out of the Treasury in the last year???? And explain how a man who has 7 million dollars can buy a house for 34 million in Hawaii?????? His mother-in-law says they're moving in in Jan. 2013, BTW.

Quick explanation of house purchase -- credit. The Obama's plan to make a lot of consulting and speaking engagement money when White house stay is over. They are probably right since the deals are most likely being penned by the executors of their blind trust as we speak. Nothing really criminal here -- just a little disingenuous.

They are probably right about what?

I goes back to Bill Clinton, Barnet Frank and Chris Dodd, with the Affordable Housing Act of 1998.

I think it goes back further than that.

No it was 1998.

Whad'ya mean loose regulations?

Clinton and congress didn't regulate the derivatives as closely as it should of been.

My medicare tests have been scaled back, because I am a senior under ObamaCare, my food is more expensive, but being retired, it is not as bad as for the young workers.

I live in a nicer house, but that's because I now share it with my boyfriend rather than living and paying ALL on my own.

I have two cars, but that's because my dad passed away, and both of them have seen better days (23 year old truck - mine, 17 year old coupe - dad's).

I got rehired at my old job for the third time, but am still paying down bills from before that. Luckily, my employer needs me more than I need my employer and it gives me some bargaining power, but most businesses/owners/managers these days have you by the "shorthairs" because they know it's hard out there. I had two not-so-good experiences in between, and left because that's no way to live or work. I see so many people taking crap from jobs like that because they're discouraged and don't think there IS anything else out there, or I see people abused by employers because the employers feel like they have the "upper hand" and can get away with it.

More jobs need to be created so that doesn't keep happening to people. Overtaxing and over-regulating businesses only hurts the economy - and people.

Is it better? My LIFE may be (my boyfriend is great and we have a good life together, with all our kids and my nephew here), but I am broker...and pissed, so NO!

And WOW - 30,000+ people responded to this question, with more saying no. THAT is very telling. Obama needs to go. Here's my suggestion - he can "go" where his policies have been trying to take all of US:






Or better yet, how about here:

Since he got in office I've been able to get a job and my own place instead having to have four roomates and I'm able to afford college now so I'm not gonna be stuck in my job.

Well you're one of the few lucky ones.

Well if both parties would stop acting like five yea olds and people would stop whining like babies and start trying to make politicians do their job raher then just blame the other side we'd be fully out of the depression already but this is America so fat chance of that happening lol.

Had McCain and Palin won the election I could answer yes to this question.

W h o WHO. ????

Me too.

My family is not better off than we were four years ago. We go on vacation to N.C. to visit my dad's family every fall and to celebrate my birthday and this is the first year in my 20 years of existence that we have not been able to go. Why? Because we can't afford it.

ABOUT THE SAME..(STILL RETIRED.)

No your not and nobody believes you. This is really a question to see who the liberal liars are!

..AND YOU'RE A SIMPLE TWIT.

enough wit to know your a NITWIT!!!!

YOU REALLY NEED TO GET A LIFE..... IF ALL YOU CAN DO IS SPEND YOUR TIME INSULTING PEOPLE ON SODAHEAD, AND NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS WITH INTELLIGENT FACTUAL BANTER, ....THEN YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATING THAT YOUR WEAK MIND IS ATTEMPTING TO BE FORCEFUL WITH INEFFECTUAL EMPTINESS.

so what you're really trying to say is you have no answer for me so you want me to give in to you? I don't think so sweet cheeks.

Been going downhill since 9-11.

Yeah... wanna remind us who was in office then?

Afraid not !!!!!!!!!

BECAUSE I WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No your not and nobody believes you. This is really a question to see who the liberal liars are!

Whatever....:-/

well who's going to believe you except a liberal?!??!?

Some of you people are just stupid. 4 years ok I was 10 and the biggest idiot in all of the us was our president. I seem to think me and my country are headed in the right direction because obama not only plans from the future, but learns from the past. Oh and btw I'm 14 and I've already figured this one out.

Quit drinkin the kool aid kid!! Thank God u cant vote!!

Haha, when a 14 year old knows more than you do about your own government, and all you have to say back to them is an insult, I would have to agree that their opinion carries slightly more weight than yours, even if they can't vote in THIS election

No your not and nobody believes you. This is really a question to see who the liberal liars are!

Older people are competeing with younger people for any job available, and younger people require less pay and fewer benefits.

Struggling more with everything… he promised change, look where it got us. Big government and more taxes and less take home pay. I am a small business owner and my business is not doing well ~ had to let go workers and now must let go more. The banks don't lend money out like they used too. Not voting for him in November!