How has your day to day life changed since January 20th, 2009?

And if it has changed for the worse, how?

8/7/2009 1:58:48 AM

Obama be tuk my monies from my wive Betty Sue and I. We were going use it to get that double wide trailors and he be given our taxes to the welfare queens.

8/7/2009 7:40:58 AM

Obama be tuk my monies from my wive Betty Sue and I. We were going use it to get that double wide trailors and he be given our taxes to the welfare queens.

8/7/2009 7:40:58 AM

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"How has your day to day life changed since January 20th, 2009?"

unfortunately, it hasn't

8/7/2009 7:56:03 AM

have you looked at your 401k or mutual fund?

8/7/2009 9:07:31 AM

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"How has your day to day life changed since January 20th, 2009? And if it has changed for the worse, how?"

Why do only our own lives matter? Are we not allowed to care about others?

8/7/2009 9:16:04 AM

THAT'S SOCIALISM!!!

8/7/2009 9:19:53 AM

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"have you looked at your 401k or mutual fund?"

Yeah, up about 16% since then. Thanks for asking.

8/7/2009 9:29:00 AM

^^
lol...

8/7/2009 9:33:13 AM

To be fair, a lot of the things detractors worry about are the implications of what his policies will ruin in the future, when someone has to pay for all this bullshit.

8/7/2009 9:35:10 AM

^

8/7/2009 9:36:12 AM

where were they for the last 8 years?

[Edited on August 7, 2009 at 9:44 AM. Reason : .]

8/7/2009 9:44:04 AM

^
I was here.


OPPONENTS OF OBAMA POLICIES ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY SUPPORTERS OF BUSH POLICES
YOU FUCKING POLARIZED FOOL

8/7/2009 9:49:53 AM

My life got better under W Bush.

And it continues to get better under Obama.

But that's just cause I'm MASTER OF MY DOMAIN.

8/7/2009 9:56:09 AM

im saving 200 bucks a month on health insurance.

8/7/2009 10:01:59 AM

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"Yeah, up about 16% since then. Thanks for asking."

Haha, I went like seriously 8 months without even checking mine. I just didn't feel like seeing the same amount even though I was contributing weekly.

Just checked and was happy:

Personal Rate of Return from 01/01/2009 to 08/06/2009 is 13.5%.

8/7/2009 10:38:14 AM

As of 1/20/09, my investments were down 34% from this day last year. Now they're only 17% down from a year ago.

It's kind of hard to read in Mint, but it appears my funds performed similarly to the Dow and S%P. So everyone should have seen double-digit increases since Obama took office.

THANKS OBAMA

[Edited on August 7, 2009 at 10:53 AM. Reason : looked closer]

8/7/2009 10:51:18 AM

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"OPPONENTS OF OBAMA POLICIES ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY SUPPORTERS OF BUSH POLICES"

and Bush era deficits are looking pretty damn good right now, i wish we were anywhere close to that low.

8/7/2009 10:51:32 AM

do we count war deaths in presidential deficits?

8/7/2009 11:05:13 AM

My investment portfolio has rebounded significantly, and my taxes have gone down. Gas prices have not been as ridiculous as in recent years.

If and when my healthcare premiums go down, I'll be satisfied. Too bad that doesn't seem to be happening any time soon.

8/7/2009 11:33:48 AM

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"and Bush era deficits are looking pretty damn good right now, i wish we were anywhere close to that low."

8/7/2009 1:58:18 PM

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"As of 1/20/09, my investments were down 34% from this day last year. Now they're only 17% down from a year ago. "

Mine too I guess I should be thanking Obama.

8/7/2009 2:24:41 PM

ask this question a year or 2 from now


this is just the calm before the storm

8/7/2009 2:29:06 PM

I'M EXCITED

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP SINCE 9/11!!!!!!1

8/7/2009 2:34:25 PM

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"If and when my healthcare premiums go down, I'll be satisfied."

Don't hold your breath

8/7/2009 4:45:01 PM

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"ask this question a year or 2 from now "

well in 7 or 8 years when I am making lots of more money than I am now; I likely will be relieved at the election of a more conservative president and/or congress. This is afterall the normal cycle of partisan politics. At this point I will be thankful to my tax breaks and the abscense of a spendy happy congress.

The alternative being a "conservative" congress to date such taht when the political pendalum swings to the other side I will be taxed more heavily in the 4-12 year period as my salary ramps through time.

[Edited on August 7, 2009 at 4:51 PM. Reason : a]

8/7/2009 4:50:44 PM

My payroll taxes have decreased and I am about to cash a $8,000 tax credit for purchasing a new home. And my 401(k) is up.

Problem is that we have a Racist Black Liberation Christian Muslim Kenyan Nazi Communist Terrorist Sympathizer running the country, and that is disconcerting.

8/7/2009 5:01:33 PM

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"To be fair, a lot of the things detractors worry about are the implications of what his policies will ruin in the future, when someone has to pay for all this bullshit."

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"OPPONENTS OF OBAMA POLICIES ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY SUPPORTERS OF BUSH POLICES YOU FUCKING POLARIZED FOOL"

Besides, I'm not a detractor, I'm an opponent. I don't seek to remove credit for what he is doing . . . if anything, I wish people would actually associate consequences of government action with the actions the government is taking, instead of just blaming "big business" and "the market".

8/7/2009 5:51:08 PM

i have less money taken out by payroll taxes now. thanks obama!

8/7/2009 9:39:22 PM

The small business (vet clinic) where I work knew I was going back to grad school. I actually finished today after working there for 3 years. Back when I first told them like 6 months back that I'd be going to grad school & resigning they planned not to replace me & run with a shorter staff. Since then things have picked up significantly & my replacement was hired, and they offered to let me stay on part time when I have the time for it... essentially increasing the total number of staff they have on hand.

8/7/2009 10:03:40 PM

I completely forgot the $8000 I received for buying a house.

It's been gumdrops and lollipops this year!

Thanks Obama!

8/7/2009 10:05:20 PM

Let's see, our long term compensation plan blows, my 2nd quarter bonus is going to be awful, sales are down across the board, what little growth is being seen is largely funded by government spending or "free money" programs like cash for clunkers which is only fueling a false recovery which will make the inevitable drop off coming around October or so even worse.

Short term quick fixes are making Obama look great now, but there is no way he wins a second term when the economy retanks in the fourth quarter.

Personally I'm fine though.

8/9/2009 5:57:27 AM

^ don't forget the rule of thumb as George DubYa always pulled out whenever parts of the economy were tanking during his turn. Economic policies "lag" and "take awhile to have effect" thus you can blame the liberal democrats from the Clinton administration for causing all the economic heartburn during home boy dubya's term

8/9/2009 11:04:58 PM