It’s a simple question being asked all over America by Democrats and Republicans alike: Are you better off than you were four years ago?
Although seemingly simple, the answer to the question is likely to have a big impact when people go to the polls in November. After all, the answer to the question is deeply personal and is likely to prove rather motivating for voters.
To justify their stances on various issues, politicians on both sides of the aisle have stated their own answers to this question. Democrats say it’s getting better or is better. Republicans point to elevated unemployment numbers, high foreclosure rates and record numbers of people on food stamps and other forms of government assistance when answering this question with a no.
We want to know what you think Tampa Bay. Are you better off than you were four years ago? What has changed to make your answer true for you? Let us know in the comments section.
http://www.jiesworld.com/international_corporations_in_china.htm http://economyincrisis.org/content/american-manufacturing-can-no-longer-compete http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/09/13/u-s-manufacturing-moving-overseas-%E2%80%93-the-new-wave.html http://inchincloser.com/2010/12/10/some-companies-prefer-to-manufacture-in-india-vs-china/
Yes I blame these corporations, this is shameful!
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/250453-pew-obama-opens-up-big-lead-nationally Obama has now opened up an 8 point lead over Romney amongst likely voters and this poll is even before the news of Romney's 47% insults could be taken into account.
If Romney had been honest to his core moderate instincts, he wouldn't be in this cow pie mess that he has created by pandering to the lunatic fringe.
I have not problem with companies sending jobs to China. We are slowly becoming a service economy. So it is either change to our new national economy or don't. I also think that both parties have failed our society, but trying to force a manufacturing and making poor scientific policies based on Politics instead of actually helping our Nation evolve. I understand you were talking Millionares, but we are all part of the growth of the 20% from 2011 to 2012. So we are all a little more profitable than we were in 2011. But the question are we more profitable then we were in 2009. If you don't have an education then yes, more low level/manufacturing jobs have been created. If you are are part of the educated workforce no. Average compensation per employee has also gone down according the the Bureau of Labor.
Dear President Obama, My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert. I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate. Now I live in a “rest home” located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country. One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man. So here goes. I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. I can’t figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: ” We’re no longer a Christian nation” ” America is arrogant” – (Your wife even announced to the world,” America is mean- spirited. ” Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.) Continued Next Post...
Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn’t mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom. I don’t think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected. Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man. Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don’t, I’ll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue . You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves. Continued Next Post...
One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you’re the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you’re not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you’re thinking of. You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. You’re not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That’s not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. And I sure as hell don’t want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle… Sincerely, Harold B. Estes
NOBAMA2012!
Please if you care for our country make sure you vote. Vote for Romney and Ryan to help our country get back on its feet. America needs them.
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