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kentuck

(111,052 posts) Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:00 PM Apr 2020

"Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

Ronald Reagan asked that question in his 1980 campaign against Jimmy Carter.

Is it time to ask that question again?

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"Are you better off than you were four years ago?" (Original Post) kentuck Apr 2020 OP

four years ago... that would be around last summer, right? unblock Apr 2020 #1

During the 24-hour news cycle, America isn't better off CaptYossarian Apr 2020 #2

Is It? ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #3

It Certainly Is That Time Vogon_Glory Apr 2020 #4

I don't know - let me take off my mask and gloves before I answer that from 6ft away. Runningdawg Apr 2020 #5

Let's see. Four years ago... Yavin4 Apr 2020 #6

unblock

(52,126 posts)

1. four years ago... that would be around last summer, right?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:02 PM

Apr 2020

my sense of time has been severely warped lately....

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

2. During the 24-hour news cycle, America isn't better off

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:07 PM

Apr 2020

than it was four minutes ago.

His evil ass is still taking up space in the nation's house and the lies keep coming like explosive diarrhea.

ProfessorGAC

(64,858 posts)

3. Is It?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:11 PM

Apr 2020

Of course it is! Pithy, short, identifiable.
Quit letting the other side frame the narrative. Turn it against them!

"How's your 401k? How did these 3+ years of gains compare to the last four years before the 'businessman'"
"You working? You probably were 4 years ago."
"Know any of the x million people who got sick?"
"Know anybody who died from it?"

Gloves off. Going high when they go low is admirable. If one is debating with admirable people. We are not there. They go low, we shove them into the mud.

Vogon_Glory

(9,109 posts)

4. It Certainly Is That Time

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:40 PM

Apr 2020

Not only are people out of work but many of them are seeing hits to their savings as bad or worse than the Great Recession of 2008. Those hits will only continue.

Not only that, Orange Julius spent the first couple of years claiming credi for the recovery that President Obama fought for and creatures like Mitch McConnell and former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan fought every inch of the way, so yes, it is again time to ask “Areyou better off than you were four years ago?”!

Runningdawg

(4,514 posts)

5. I don't know - let me take off my mask and gloves before I answer that from 6ft away.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 01:52 PM

Apr 2020

Yavin4

(35,421 posts)

6. Let's see. Four years ago...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2020, 02:15 PM

Apr 2020

I could watch sports on TV. NBA playoffs would be on right now.
I could walk around with gloves, goggles, and a mask.
I could get on the subway.
I could go to a bar.
I could get my haircut.
I could go to the gym.
I could go to a restaurant.
I could go on vacation.
I could fly to another country.
I could hang out with my friends and family.

IOW, my life has completely stopped.

So, yeah, I was much better off than 4 years ago.

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