Bill Thompson asked: Are any of you better off that you were 4 years ago?? I sure as heck am not.
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To tell you the truth Bill, no matter who the presidents were in the past, I've been better off with each succeeding president as I never have relied on the government, unions or someone else to make my fortune (no matter how little that may be.)

A more pertinent question is, is America better off now than 4 years ago. Since no one knows what the country would be like if not for 9/11, no one can answer that question with any degree of accuracy.

I'm just glad that we had George Bush as president at the right time and am not about to change course in the middle of a conflict this big.