Friday, September 7, 2012

Are you better off now...

...than you were four years ago? I don't know about you, personally, but here's what Ezra Klein says about the country as a whole (my emphasis):

Consider the problems — and the solutions — of Obama’s first term: The financial system almost collapsed, necessitating a $700 billion bailout. The economy almost collapsed, necessitating more than a trillion dollars in stimulus spending. The American auto industry almost collapsed, necessitating a taxpayer bailout. The euro zone almost cracked up. The financial regulation system needed to be remade. The health-care system was reformed. The war in Iraq ended. The war in Afghanistan began to end. The leader of al Qaeda was hunted and executed.

That's a heck of a record!

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