Thread: We’re worse off than 4 years ago, voters say

We’re worse off than 4 years ago, voters say
NBC/WSJ poll: That points in Democrat’s favor, but McCain matches up well

By Mark Murray
Deputy political director
NBC News
updated 6:58 p.m. ET, Wed., March. 12, 2008

WASHINGTON - Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

This has become a fundamental question in presidential elections. And for the first time since 1992, a plurality of voters heading into November’s election answer that question with a resounding no, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Forty-three percent say that they and their families are worse off, compared with 34 percent who say they’re better off; 21 percent respond that their status is the same. By contrast, strong pluralities or majorities answered that they were better off before entering the general elections in 1996, 2000 and 2004 — when, with the exception of the extremely close 2000 race, the incumbent party held onto the presidency.

Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with GOP pollster Bill McInturff, suggests that these new numbers are more good news for a Democratic Party trying to take back the White House. “The compass points due north for the party of change.â€

Citizens are worse off while the candidates raise record millions of dollars which they spend on ads and campaigns. Media makes big bucks on campaigns. Scary to think who is making these donations..........

The candidates spend hundreds of millions of dollars for a job paying $400,000 per year, along with a $50,000 expense account, a $100,000 nontaxable travel account, and $19,000 for entertainment.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_ ... ted_States


"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Nothing has changed in America. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
And the rich make sure that they get their share, while they act in ways to deceive the rest of us in how "they get their own for themselves and their family and friends" while they make sure we don't get any of it unless they sanction it through multi-media campaigns to give them the entire credit for their scum they throw at us.

The rich determine what we need, and they hand out their throw aways in ways that prove they're saying "take this so that I can get credit for it", but I'll lie all along the way of how it will get done and deceive you that you are paying for it all along, in one way or another.