A common thing to ask around election time is whether we're better off than we were before. Are we better...
A common thing to ask around election time is whether we're better off than we were before. Are we better off now than we were before President Obama was elected?
Well ... yeah, we are. We're safer from violence and guns. We're more prosperous and productive, and the economy has improved. We've lost some liberties, but we've gained others. Overall, we're better off.
We're not nearly as well-off as we could be. The economy could, and should, be much better. Our foreign policy has been a mess, and the world is a more dangerous place than it should be. ObamaCare is a mess (even if you agree with its goals). Americans seem to hate each other more than ever.
A mistake we often make is to over-emphasize the negative. We also often give the President too much credit or blame for what happens. But probably the biggest mistake we make is to not try to imagine where we should and could be, rather than simply looking at where we were and are.
Well ... yeah, we are. We're safer from violence and guns. We're more prosperous and productive, and the economy has improved. We've lost some liberties, but we've gained others. Overall, we're better off.
We're not nearly as well-off as we could be. The economy could, and should, be much better. Our foreign policy has been a mess, and the world is a more dangerous place than it should be. ObamaCare is a mess (even if you agree with its goals). Americans seem to hate each other more than ever.
A mistake we often make is to over-emphasize the negative. We also often give the President too much credit or blame for what happens. But probably the biggest mistake we make is to not try to imagine where we should and could be, rather than simply looking at where we were and are.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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