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In reply to the discussion: How stupid are the Democrats for falling for... [View all]unblock
(52,229 posts)2. let's see, 4 years ago bin laden was alive and republicans had shoved the economy off a cliff.
today, bin laden is dead and we're climbing out of that deep republican recession.
meanwhile, the world respects us again and the stock market is up 62% from the day obama took office and 97% from its low point about 6 weeks later.
we're reducing our pointless and expensive overseas military adventures, and we've delivered health insurance to many millions who previously didn't have it.
seasonally adjusted unemployment went from a peak of 10.0% in october 2009 to 8.3%. yeah, february 2009, the first full month of obama's presidency, was also 8.3%, but the 10.0% was clearly due to the economic mess obama inherited. so we're clearly getting better on that front as well.
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let's see, 4 years ago bin laden was alive and republicans had shoved the economy off a cliff.
unblock
Sep 2012
#2
An honest answer would be that the country IS better off than we were 4 years ago.
Iris
Sep 2012
#12
Thanks for that all-important distinction (from someone who is worse off individually). - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Sep 2012
#20
Simple answer: YES! 4 yrs ago we were losing almost a million jobs a month,
ProgressiveEconomist
Sep 2012
#15
Hell fucking yeah I'm better off! Mentally, financially, environmentally, socially better off than
lonestarnot
Sep 2012
#19
You are so right. The rich would answer yes, hell yes. The poor and the middle class
applegrove
Sep 2012
#26
Read up on the mechanics of the mortgage crisis. Just one example of how we are being held
patrice
Sep 2012
#29