Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?

[consagainromney]

YES

[reverend_darth]

Yep.  Well, other than my liver...

[ekg]

yes.. I am literally 200% better.. meaning I am 100% and hubby is 100%..

I'm frankly a little surprised the gOP is going down this road..

[uselesslegs]

I'd say I'm neutral.  My health has been exceptional even though I don't look like it...does that count?

[Howey]

We're more than better off...

Here's ten headlines form 2008:

    STOCK SHOCK FELT ROUND THE WORLD. Gets ‘nasty’ as Lehman tanks, Merrill vanishes, AIG wobbles [New York Daily News, September 16, 2008]

    Depression Coming? Boil Some Beans; Ladies Who Quilt Give Tips On Surviving Tough Times [Albuquerque Journal, September 21, 2008]

    One day on the brink On Wednesday, it seemed U.S. economy might collapse [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 21, 2008]

    ‘Great Depression’ closer than U.S. admits, report finds [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, September 27, 2008]

    Will Bush become the new Hoover? [Politico, September 19, 2008]

    Developers bend under housing meltdown [Colorado Springs Gazette, September 27, 2008]

    Depression seen possible [Florida News-Press, September 27, 2008]

    Wall Street Meltdown Continues [CNN, September 17, 2008]

    Is It Really the Next ‘Great Depression’? [NPR, September 19, 2008]

    Behind Closed Doors, Warnings of Calamity [The New York Times, September 20, 2008]

[Bijou]

YES

Nope.  Things were already in free-fall when Obama took the wheel; the crash didn't occur until after 2009 and some crap is still reverberating.

At least now our leadership isn't trying to hide the ugly reality from us and it will continue to require maturity and willingness to face that reality in order to stay on a path to recovery.