Are you better off
now than 8 years ago,
before Bush Jr. became
President?

Oh hell no...

Yep.. much better off. (=

Absolutely...

I made a lot of progress under the fool's regime.

nope. more likely to die.

I am much better off...financially and personally. I even got div while he was president

for sure
but does it really have much to do with him
or everything to do with him?

lets see 8 years ago, I was 22, can't remember a whole lot back then, So I'm gonna say yeah

I used to work hard 40 hours a week to pay my mortgage. Now I have 3 jobs... same mortgage.

Yes, much better. I went into a new position two years ago with an enormous increase in salary and have good health benefits. I own a small lovely townhouse, which is furnished beautifully. I have financial security for now and for the future when I retire.

Socially, I have two wonderful sons who see me on a regular basis and take me out to dinner once, sometimes twice a week. Additionally, I have two best friends, and three people that I consider casual friends.

But my dating life? Horrible, awful, terrible, the pits .... I think you get my drift.

Yep! It has nothing to do with the government though. It was my choice and hard work that got me to today.

"According to the Dec. 6-9, 2007, poll, 84% of Americans say they are satisfied with the way things are going in their personal life at this time, while 14% are dissatisfied. These results have been fairly stable since Gallup first started tracking Americans' personal life satisfaction in 1979. The percentage of Americans who say they are satisfied with their personal life has averaged 82% over this period, with a low of 73% in July 1979 and a high of 88% in December 2004."

The highest satisfication of Americans with their lives has been when? Not in the '80s, not the '90s, nope it was 2004! Who was in office then? Exactly.

We are also 2 percentage points above the average of 28 years!

So, there goes the premise of this topic that mnhiker simply created to yet again hope for a jab at Bush and blame all the world's problems and Americans problems on him. Surprisingly, the majority who posted said their lives are better off, which also goes in line with the Gallup poll.

There goes the premise of the mainstream media as well.

As to myself, I've been in school almost the entire time, but I'm pretty well off right now. Things only looking good in the future as well.

Don't be so quick to predict your future. Anything can happen and with the looming recession it probably will. As far as mnhiker goes, I would ask him if he had an ulterior motive as the OP before accusing him.

I'm sure you remember Rick Santorum, right? He ran on President Bush's coattails as his Number Three. Care to tell the people on this thread who don't live in Pennsylvania why he's not in the Senate now? And what his margin of defeat was?

I think if you ask the Evil Media what Bush's approval rating is, you'll find it's at an all-time low. In fact, he's only two months away from being the most unpopular for the greatest amount of time.

And where did I get these numbers? Try that bastion of liberal media bias, drudge.com.

Record numbers of foreclosures? Record numbers of bankruptcies? Pension funds worried about solvency because of the subprime mess? (<--- oops, I misspelled 'investment fraud'.)

Yanno, it just could be that people are happy with the lives _in spite_ of Bush 43, not _because_ he's in office?

-Kerry O.

8 yrs ago I was 37,married and pregnant with my own house.Now I am divorced,live in the projects,have an okay job and have a 7 yr old son living with me.I havent had a new bra in three years.So no I'm not better off but the president isnt to blame though a lowering of gas prices would help a lot.

I agree. I think that the President is ultimately who is held responsible for good times or bad but does that leave everyone else off the hook?

Welll there you go. I tried to remain impartial in this,
simply getting people's opinion, but since Starsailor2851
decided to do an unprovoked attack on me, I feel I have to
weigh in.

I don't blame all the world's problems and Americans problems
on Bush and never have, that's just you, Starsailor, putting
words in my mouth and representing opinions I've never had.

That just goes to show how much hatred he has for those
who hold opinions different than his own.

So before you go spouting off on another tangent, think
about what you are about to say before making unfounded
accusations, Starsailor.

Bush is a moron....