[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by RWilson2526

Destroyer, "OMG, you actually believe that drivel you posted." Is not hard to be construed as an attack. If that was your response to me I'd take offense, sorry.

RW, I think you missed the ? at the end of that sentence you are quoting. I did not accuse. It was not a statement. It was a question. And I fail to see how asking a question can be an attack. If I had said it as a statement I can see your point, and it would be valid I guess, but again I point out that I was asking him if he actually believed something. That's not an attack. I believe it was and is drivel, but that is my opinion and I'm entitled to it.

And there is no need to be sorry. You're my longest friend here, in fact (for anyone that doesn't know) you got me onto this site in the first place. I tip toe around your political leanings and never attack you in deference to you. Always have and always will.

But as to your comment about being better off... Well, Obama-care is just starting to kick in, so it's too early to really see how much damage it will or won't do... but everyone (even NBC) has admitted that it will cost trillions more than originally stated. Our treasury is printing money faster than a speeding bullet. 17 Trillion so far and more coming... and trust me when I say that money is going to have to be repaid... by my kids, your kids, our grandchildren and their kids... Do you realize that right now, every single person in the United States, even just born babies, owes close to $250,000 dollars to the Country? Where do you think they are going to get that money to pay back that debt? Can you say....taxes?

And look at your Utility bills from 6 years ago and now... You and I are on the same grid and we pay the same utility company, and I can tell you that mine sure have not gone down or even stayed the same.
When you pull into the gas pump, do you stop to think that gas is over twice the cost that it was when Obama took office? We become used to certain things and don't think about them, and they (politicians in general, both sides) count on it. There are so very many hidden taxes that we don't even know about... and now they are talking about wanting to tax the internet. (Current federal law bans any state from taxing internet access. But the law expires November 1st. Now the Senate Democrats and a few Republicans are threatening to let the law expire -- and the taxing begin -- if Congress does not allow states to impose sales taxes on internet purchases).

So in answer to your question, no, I am not better off than I was 4 years ago. I make much less, my Medicare was raped to help fund Obama-care, I pay more than double at the gas pumps, food costs are going through the roof, and when my wife retires in a few years we're going to get hit with hundreds, if not thousands more in health insurance costs than we would have 6 years ago.

And I have yet to see a single thing that I am better off about.