I’d like to answer the question posed by the Republican candidate for President: “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” in a way I keep hoping the Democratic candidate for President would respond but hasn’t; for a “real people/real lives” perspective:

• Ask the spouses of military personnel brought home from Iraq – they will say “yes”…
• Ask any GM or Chrysler employee, and the owners/employees of all the businesses fed by these companies – they will say “yes”… Continue reading →