poll: Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?
- 1321 vote - No, I was better off four years ago.
- 108 vote - Yes, I am better off.
In January of 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States. The country was in the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression. The financial markets were close to collapse and the economy was shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs. In January of 2009, the economy lost 598,000 jobs.
Obama promised to help restore the economy and rebuild the job market, but nearly four years later the U.S. unemployment remains over 8%. Many of the leading economic indicators are stagnant. The housing market is beginning to show its first sign of life in five years, but many are threatened by the risk of foreclosure.
This year’s election may be decided on how people answer this question. Are you better off?
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Comments:
W. Walwyn
2:36am on Wednesday, September 05, 2012
So, I found a problem with your poll.
I submitted my answer and clicked and it brought me back around this page, and I clicked again.
So then, figuring the yeses and nos were roughly the same, I thought I'd tie it up; there were maybe 20-25 votes on either side. So I clicked yes a bunch of times; and the poll registered it.
As I was doing this though, suddenly it shot back the other way 100 votes, and then another 100, and then 200, all at about 1:35 AM.
So, I think your poll is broken.
Captain Blacksocks
12:55pm on Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Thanks for breaking the poll, you liberal terrorist.
Wuggly Ump
9:58pm on Thursday, September 06, 2012
The yes votes must be from out of state, municipal retirees or those without jobs (and didn't have one before the recession) living off the rest of us.
I don't mind out of state people or those that honestly put their time in it's the rest that bug me.