Are you better off than you were four years ago before Obama the Celebrity President took office?

by Blackjack Posted 2012/04/27 15:30:58

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Opinionated-Conservative 2012/04/27 15:40:56

no, explain

+6
Things have only gotten worse, I am having a really hard time with life in general and most of it is all due to Obama's policies.
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HAlex1972 2012/05/04 19:29:15

no, explain

No, I'm pretty much the same as I was 3 years and 5 months ago.

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mjkowal 2012/05/04 18:00:57

yes, explain

+1
When the economy took it's first nosedive both myself and my husband were extremely afraid of losing our jobs. His company made major cuts and he was extremely lucking to have not been layed off however salaries were frozen. The end of last year my husband received his first raise in 5 years! So for us - yes! Every year things have been getting a little better! :)

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Uranos7 2012/04/29 18:35:45

no, explain

+1
In the last 3 years my area has had 3 plants close 1 tire plant moved to Mexico and even the retail stores are cutting thier workforce hours and employees.
So Heck NO!

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Hamilton 2012/04/29 04:20:30

no, explain

+2
Not only no, but hell no. I am a lot worse off, and so is almost everyone I know.

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Swan Eshdeh 2012/04/28 22:21:18

other, I think this

i don't know.

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Piwan 2012/04/28 20:21:46

yes, explain

Bush gone, nuff said!!!!!!

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Uranos7 to Piwan 2012/04/29 18:41:53

+1
In January of 2008 unemployment in Newberry Ohio was 6.2 in january of 2011 it was 8.3.
So most in your city would disagree.

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Piwan to Uranos7 2012/04/30 15:33:47

My towns name is not spelled like that, and all the local business in NewBURY are open , no job los!Q

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Uranos7 to Piwan 2012/04/30 16:25:10

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Check your state labor board results I may have spelled your towns name wrong here but I copied it into the search.
Data is accurate.

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Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA 2012/04/28 11:53:48

no, explain

+1
No. Thanks to Clinton and Franks/Dodd caused mortgage meltdown.

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Giantfighter 2012/04/27 20:28:43

yes, explain

There was noticeable decline siince Reagan & I was worse off when Bush took office. It's a slow process, but I see things getting better for me...I know it takes time & am much more patient than most.

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DuncanO... to Giantfi... 2012/04/27 23:35:25

Nobody asked about YOU, but about the COUNTRY!

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Giantfi... to DuncanO... 2012/04/28 00:20:55

Incorrect! I know how to read. Apparently, you need a test in literacy! The question never references the country. The question posted was "Are YOU better off than YOU were four years ago before Obama the Celebrity President took office?". Ut seems that the lack of education in our country has faltered. Learn how to READ!!!!!!

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DuncanO... to Giantfi... 2012/04/28 02:30:03

You is not a word only expressing the singular.

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Giantfi... to DuncanO... 2012/04/28 02:57:10

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Clue: You does mean you...singular or plural. Therefore you were unjustified in correcting me or anyone else who knows English & grammar, without assuming someone isn't anwering a question asked in literal terms. If you need a tutor, I can recommend one! Or is it that you choose to be aggressively negative & argumentative?!

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DuncanO... to Giantfi... 2012/04/28 16:55:52

It is not what it means but the quantity that is in question.

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cddjmikey 2012/04/27 20:01:08

no, explain

+2
In the last 4 years we have received a single cost of living increase of about 4.5 percent. I would have to investigate but I am pretty sure that totalling up everything that prices HAVE exceded that !

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Flamingolady 2012/04/27 19:48:14

no, explain

+2
Hell, no! First I lost my job, and then about a year later my husband lost his job. Explanations, the economy. Translation=the economy is tanking due to the economic chaos this president has caused. His attitudes on everything have caused things to be much worse, and his lack of leadership and knowledge on any policies are pathetic.

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gbudavid 2012/04/27 19:12:57

yes, explain

I retired .

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bob 2012/04/27 18:47:35

yes, explain

I finally paid of the cost of my divorce.

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/04/27 18:27:11

no, explain

+4
Worse off. No job prospects, my part-time gig permanently destroyed,...

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Denny 2012/04/27 18:06:37

no, explain

+5
Well lets see.......$4 for gas per gallon.......Dollar worth about 30 cents from when he took over because of printing 24/7. Why do you suppose Obummers vacations cost 1/2 a mil now???

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compufreek 2012/04/27 17:45:09

no, explain

+3
Everything is more expensive, his business policies are garbage and now I am getting laid off in the summer!!

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Charge 2012/04/27 17:39:23

no, explain

+4
At least four years ago I had opportunity, now that has been taken away....

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dominic garcia 2012/04/27 17:30:46

no, explain

+3
We are paying more for our gas, electricity, food, medical insurance, taxes etc., how can anyone say they are doing better?

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Stan Kapusta 2012/04/27 17:20:55

yes, explain

+3
Wrong flag Sorry! Definately not!

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mwg0735 2012/04/27 17:13:18
David Lindner 2012/04/27 17:04:25

no, explain

+3

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S. Gompers 2012/04/27 16:31:14

no, explain

+2
But I have been going backwards since 9-11.

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ally 2012/04/27 16:15:08 (edited)

yes, explain

+1
I'm working again, finally. My full time job ended under Bush's proposal that companies who outsourced their jobs would get tax cuts. That left my family in a one pay check home, living paycheck to paycheck which brought me close to losing what I did have and worked for since I was 19.

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Kevin Verdone 2012/04/27 16:09:40

yes, explain

Didn't you (or someone else, I don't remember) ask this question about a month ago? But yeah, my family's doing better off in just about all regards.

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melly~thwarting Satan since... 2012/04/27 16:05:11

yes, explain

5 years ago I lost my favorite job ever. 2008, under Bush, when the economy tanked. They had to dismantle my entire division. I was heartbroken. After 3 years of under-employment, I now have a great job with good benefits. The casualty is the enjoyment.

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Theresa 2012/04/27 16:01:40

yes, explain

+3
I owned my business and was making 150,000 a year. of course I was on the road for 300 days that year but I was happy and looking forward. Today I have a part time job at minimum wage. I lost my business. and I am going to be homeless soon. Quite a big difference. The destructive power of the Federal Reserve and augmented by the power of the Federal Gov't collapsed the economy. I have not recovered yet! One good thing is I am completely out of private debt! So I do not have anything owed.

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Theresa to Theresa 2012/04/27 16:02:47

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Darn this jumping site! I meant to hit No not Yes!

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Bella 2012/04/27 15:52:34

yes, explain

+1
And this country is better off with a reduction in home foreclosures, improved and sustained GPA and we are not bleeding over 700,000 jobs a month

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Torchma... to Bella 2012/04/28 11:50:39

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The question was referring to the US, not China.

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Bella to Torchma... 2012/04/28 15:24:34

Obama turned -6.4% GDP to positive GDP in less than 6 months and then kept it there. He has turned jobs being lost at the rate of -741,000 to 64,000 in 9 months and then added 3.1 million new jobs in the economy. He pushed 19 banks and General Motors out of socialism, back to capitalism, in less than a year and a half.
China's employees have realized their worth and have begun asking for raises. Of course those greedy businesses don't want this, however, it hasn't stopped the Chinese people from retaliating. Many who go home for vacations never return to their city jobs choosing instead to stay in rural areas where family have been able to make a living for generations. This is hurting businesses in China.

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Uranos7 to Bella 2012/04/29 19:01:40

Of course the GDP is up it had nearly a trillion dollars dumped into with Bush and Obama combined.
GM same deal if they could not recover after being handed 65 billion dollars they do not deserve to breath much less live.
But at what cost record national bebt the dollar being worth less than even Australia's currency, and a reduced USA credit rating making all future loans at a higher interest rate and therefore harder to pay off.
National unemployment hit 10.2 at it's highest under Obama and is still higher than when he took office.

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Bella to Uranos7 2012/04/29 20:22:18

When the country is losing over 700,000 jobs a month unemployment is expected to get worse. It was 8.3% when Obama signed the stimulus a month after taking office.

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Uranos7 to Bella 2012/04/29 20:34:17

and it inceased to 10% and stayed at 9% for TWO YEARS after he signed it so it did nothing or made things worse.
Only an idiot would take staying the same as a win.

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