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By: TobyToons (Diary)  |  September 16th, 2010 at 08:00 AM  | 

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Better Off?

October 28th, 1980 – while debating Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan asked a simple question that made American voters realize that Carter had sold them a false bill of goods.  That simple question helped turn the election in his favor.  It has been thirty years, but the question is as pertinent today as then.

The current congress likes to leave out the pesky little fact that they’ve been in charge of the government’s purse strings since 2006.  Today’s Democrats like to point their fingers at George W. Bush for everything that is wrong in America, but as many people have pointed out, Democrats are the ones that gained control of congress four years ago – right before the economy started to tank.

With the mid-term elections coming in November, it is time again to ask America… “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”

Cross-Posted: TobyToons, TMR

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  • mriggio
  • NeoKong

    Foreclosures Rise; Repossessions Set Record

    US foreclosure activity rose in August from the previous month, and banks and lenders took ownership from homeowners at a record pace, according to a new report released Thursday.

    And just so voters know who to blame:

    The ten states with the highest foreclosure rates were little changed from the previous month, according to the RealtyTrac report. For the 44th straight month, Nevada had the highest foreclosure rate in the country with one in every 84 properties in the state getting a foreclosure notice. (Nevada also has the highest unemployment in the country.)

    The economy is lost.

    • jackhammer

      I take exception to your last line “the economy is lost.”

      It is in trees nature to grow. It is in the nature of business people to find ways of making money, providing services and the like. It is ingrained in peoples DNA. It is there by heredity and tradition in this country, and nothing the government can do will take that away. Current programs might make people wary of taking risks or investing at the moment or the like, but sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, and trees grow, so too will the economy rebound. People make sure that happens.

      • NeoKong

        His “the war is lost ” comment.

        I know the economy will come back.
        Just not in time to save Harry.

        • jackhammer
  • RedBeard

    Our business volume is suffering and we’ve had to lay people off, our property values are in the toilet, my grandkids’ futures are mortgaged to the hilt thanks to four years of an incompetent and downright vile Dem Congress…. I guess, after deep reflection, I’d have to say no, I’m not better off.

    But then, the public union folks can say they are better off, so the Dems have that voter base going for them.

    Where is that rolling eyes smiley? It’s needed a lot.

  • banzaibob

    There you go again.

    • http://www.tobytoons.com TobyToons
      • http://www.FranBaker.com frankieb

        I’ve wondered when this question would come up. The one I ask my unemployed lib relatives who shoved “the one” at us in 2008 is: Now what exactly could McCain/Palin have done that’s worse than BOzo is doing?

  • johnt

    Axelrod & Emanuel. two real sharp dudes, had better reel the boobish, hallucinating, stuffed toy of an imitation, so called man, known in some circles as the president, and reprogram him.
    The poor deluded jerk keeps talking incessantly about the “failed policies of the past”. Why not, he says what he is given to say by the two giant intellects above.
    Facts get out, they circulate. Even a scummy media can’t hide them all. These three buffoons are looking ludicrous. Too bad they’re dangerous as well.

  • kc98gt

    has absolutely nothing to do with the state of economy according to Democrats. During the latter years of the 90′s, it was Clinton, not Newt and the GOP congress, who lead this country through prosperous times. We see the same thing today. Deficits began balooning after the Democrats took congress, but this has nothing to do with Congress, but the President in charge according to their logic. Conveniently now when they had a supermajority in the legislative branch and control of the executive branch, it’s not their fault their policies don’t work, it’s Bush’

  • bk
  • america1st

    I would use the term “two years ago” to focus attention on all the **** the dims have foisted on us while zero was at the helm & lash every dim candidate inescapably to that foundering folly. This is the very least they deserve, but I have no objection to the other sort of lashing, either !!

    • bk

      When did Clinton become such a “great” president – balancing the budget and all that? After the Republicans took control of Congress.

      When did things start to go downhill in the economy under Bush? After the Democrats took control of Congress.

      I’d say the average person would recall that things were pretty good under Bush for a while, so pulling out this line in a non-presidential election year is perfect, especially given the endless “it’s all Bush’s fault” coming from the left.