Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago

[Wakie]

For you personally ... are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?

[Wakie]

This thread shows that ultimately, to a large extent, people's lives are determiend by their own hard work ( or lack therof) and their own good luck (or lack therof).

So you think Reagan's argument in 1984 was total bunk then?

I would argue that while an individual's success is controlled by their own actions, the # of people able to succeed is controlled (at least in part) by the actions of the government.

[Wakie]

are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?

You must be joking.

And I was worse off 4 years ago than 8 years ago.

And I was worse off 8 years ago than 12 years ago.

And I was worse off 12 years ago than 16 years ago.

And I was worse off 16 years ago than 20 years ago.

And I was worse off 20 years ago than 24 years ago.

Hey, Reagan was the first one to ask this question.  If you don't like it then take it up with those who deify him.