Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?

"The Question In This Election Is Not 'Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?' We Know The Answer To That. The Real Question Is, 'Will This Country Be Better Off Four Years From Now?'" (Senator Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Event, Sarasota, FL, 10/30/08)

OBAMA SAID THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER THE COUNTY WOULD BE BETTER OFF FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES:

14,241,059 Increase In Americans Receiving Food Stamps Since January 2009

2,730,000 Increase In Americans Unemployed For At Least 27 Weeks Since Obama Took Office.

1,004,000 Decrease In Construction Jobs Since Obama Took Office.

$15,316.70 Increase In Each Citizen's Share Of The National Debt Since Obama Took Office.

894,000 Decrease In Construction Jobs Since Stimulus Was Passed.

864,000 Decrease In Jobs Since Obama Took Office.

757,000 Increase In Unemployed Workers Since Obama Took Office.

603,000 Decrease In Manufacturing Jobs Since Obama Took Office.

557,000 Increase In Marginally Attached Workers Since Stimulus Was Passed.

495,000 Decrease In Manufacturing Jobs Since Stimulus Was Passed.

458,000 Increase In Marginally Attached Workers Since Obama Took Office.

274,000 Decrease In Private Sector Jobs Since Obama Took Office.

63,000 Increase In People Working Part Time For Economic Reasons Since Obama Took Office.

103.5% Increase In Price Per Gallon Of Regular Gas Since Obama Took Office.

50.1% Increase In American Households Receiving Food Stamps Since January 2009. 

20.2 Increase In Average Weeks Unemployed Since Obama Took Office.

15.9% Increase In Americans Living In Poverty Since Obama Took Office.

3.1% Percentage Point Increase Of Youth Unemployment Rate (16-19) Since Obama Took Office.

$1.911 Increase In Price Per Gallon Of Regular Gas Since Obama Took Office.

1.4% Percentage Point Increase In African American Unemployment Since Obama Took Office.

0.7% Percentage Point Increase In Hispanic Unemployment Since Obama Took Office.

0.7% Percentage Point Increase In U-6 Real Unemployment Rate Since Obama Took Office.

0.5% Percentage Point Increase In Unemployment Rate Since Obama Took Office.

(Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics 3/9/12; AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report, Accessed 3/9/12; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 3/9/12; Department Of Agriculture, Accessed 3/9/12)