Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

http://www.villagevoice.com/fiore/

On edit: For the love of Christ people, WATCH THE FUCKING CARTOON! Don't parse words!

[RobertSeattle]

1. Less selfish version: Is the COUNTRY better off than it was 4 years ago?

[ixion]

2. even less selfish-version... is the WORLD better off today

than it was 4 years ago.

:nuke: not hardly :nuke:

[RobertSeattle]

4. Touche - thanks

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Even less selfish version: Is the WORLD better off than 4 years ago?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. The point is to follow the link and view the comic that i can't copy

[MatrixEscape]

6. Can I take a ceap shot at ...

at a less humanocentric view:

Is the UNIVERSE better off now than it was four years ago? SETI should do a poll.

[Arancaytar]

7. Fortunately,

Bush's influence has not stretched beyond Earth yet (though he announced manned missions to Mars, so that might be over if he gets reelected).

I know an excellent choice for the brave pioneering spirit who should do the first manned Mars mission. Without a space suit.

[Libby2]

8. Hell no

and wait till the winter heating bills kick in.

[Homerr]

9. Selfish view: no, I'm in debt after being laid off for a year

[Festivito]

10. Are OUR CHILDREN better off than they were four years ago?

Decades of debt,
declining health care coverage and life expectancy,
increased terrorist recruitment,
war itself,
Social security poised for failure and the bill will come due,
global warming creating weather troubles,
water to be held in hands of a few wealth-class owned pipes,
depleted world oil,
nuclear proliferation into the worst of countries,
lost wilderness,
and a world that will never look at us again as the good people that were once held in esteem.

It's the FUTURE, stupid!