Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago

[MODU]

Yes:

- More than doubled my salary over the last 4 years.
- Paid off all debt this year (car, credit, college, etc)
- Currently searching for a new home to purchase on a larger lot (for investment purposes - as discussed in a side topic earlier last month)
- Stock portfolio currently up 47.24% (as of this morning)

Now . . . all I need is my lotto numbers to come in, and I can retire and go into teaching.  

[MODU]

Partisan politics. Everyone knows that they arent in general but this is a political question that the Republicans will never admit.

  Please rephrase.

[MODU]

If you ask a fair question YOU GET A DUMB RESPONSE from Republicans.

Are you for big government?
Republican voter: NO
Are you for excessive spending
Republican voter : NO

Does Bush stand for your beliefs on government?
Republican voter : YES  

Need i go on

I didn't realize the Republican's were only about small government and low government spending.  Here I thought they were for pages upon pages of other issues as well.

You've phrased a poor-partisan argument on a tiny subset of issues.  You cannot base a debate on that premise.