Is your life better or worse since Obama become president?

Hi wlee, well prices have shot up in every area but I don't think I can blame that on your president, I think the EU is more to blame for that one.

My retirement savings are cut in half. Because my future income will come from my investments and the President is talking about increasing taxes on Dividends and Capital Gains, my future income will be lower. From the projections I may not receive my full Social Security, which I have paid into for over 40 years. I have seen food prices rise because of his administration forcing the ethanol (from Corn) standard on us. He has made us less safe by treating the terrorist as criminals rather than the enemy. To answer I am not as well off as under President Bush.

Overall, my financial situation hasn't changed that much since January of this year, but I am beginning to feel the pinch in some areas. Worse than mine is my daughter's, who just lost her job, due to the economy. Things are going to be tough for her, with costs rising on almost everything. Hopefully she will find another one soon, but there aren't many out there.

It depends on what area of my life I'm looking at. I lost my job in 2008, while Bush was in office. The value of the properties we own started to plummet before Obama took office, the price of gas was through the roof and so was the cost of just about everything else. Today, real estate values here in Florida are starting to rebound in many areas, the price of gas isn't what it was last year and other things have gone down slightly. My husband and I opened a business in Jan. 2009 and it's doing well so people do have money to spend. Our utilities are higher but that's a state problem, not a national or federal one.