Are you financially doing better then the years G.W.Bush was in office?
@Yestheypayme2dothis (7874)
United States
April 27, 2011 3:10am CST
Are you financially doing better since George W.Bush left office or do you think you are worst off since George W.Bush left office.
(Before the 2008 Presidential election unemployment rate chart)
The nation's overall unemployment rate was 4.7%. Whites had a jobless rate of 4.2% while the black unemployment rate stood at 8.1%. Today, the black rate is 15.5%.
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@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
27 Apr 11
Even if you didn't lose your job in the last couple of years and even if you're still making the same amount of money, you are definitely worse off. Rising food and gas prices take a bigger bite out of that paycheck and leave you with less.
An unemployed friend of mine got a letter the other day from the state, telling her that due to the falling cost of living, she would have a reduction in the amount of her food stamps. Ridiculous, as the price of food has gone UP. Government programs don't make sense, they give out money where it is not needed and wasted but nickel and dime on more necessary programs. It's the same formula that has denied seniors any Social Security cost of living increase for two years running, even tough food and energy have skyrocketed over that time.
Everyone is worse off.
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@Yestheypayme2dothis (7874)
• United States
27 Apr 11
I couldn't agree more, and yet...I still see some people spending money like crazy.
@neilnewman (65)
• United States
27 Apr 11
Since he has taken office, My income has gone down drastically. Even to this day my earnings across the board are declining. He could have been a great president, would have been easy after Bush, but he failed the American People as has every president for a long time. My income has gone down 60% since he took office.
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@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
27 Apr 11
My income has not gone down but neither has it gone up. However my expenses have increased. Gas is up and food is climbing out of sight and I am being told that we do not have inflation. Why because they have taken out fuel and food from the Consumer Price Index to make it more stable.
@AmbiePam (92789)
• United States
27 Apr 11
Oh I do love your discussions, even when I have nothing worth saying. Financially, myself and my parents are doing worse. Only my sister and brother-in-law are doing better, and that is because my BIL has had a great job for many years, and just got a promotion. You'd love him. He actually DVRs Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly.
@Yestheypayme2dothis (7874)
• United States
27 Apr 11
Amber, you always have something worth listening to. I find myself being more and more frugal.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
27 Apr 11
well, i am not american but here in canada, i am sure the numbers are pretty much the same. we are doing probably worse than then and my local news cast informed me last night that the price of food is going is going to skytocket (along with the price of gas - yipee!!)
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
27 Apr 11
No, not at all. Financially, these past two years have been awful.
Kinda besides the point, but why did you only put the today's unemployment percentage for blacks only, and leave out the number for the whites and the overall percentage?
