I got asked again today - Are you better off today than you were four years ago? When I got home I decided to google the full text of that President Ronald Wilson Reagan quote.
“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago?
Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago?
Is America as respected throughout the world as it was?
Do you feel that our security is as safe, that we’re as strong as we were four years ago?
And if you answer all of those questions ‘yes’, why then, I think your choice is very obvious as to whom you will vote for. If you don’t agree, if you don’t think that this course that we’ve been on for the last four years is what you would like to see us follow for the next four, then I could suggest another choice that you have.”
the reason they can't finish the quote this year:
Is America as respected throughout the world as it was?
My answer would be more than the last 8 under Bush & the Republicans
Do you feel that our security is as safe, that we’re as strong as we were four years ago?
My answer would be - I sure do as Bin Laden and other high ranking terrorists have been killed or apprehended. 9/11 happened (with much prior warning) under a Republican
Next time you are peppered with the 'are you better off than you were 4 years ago' question, make them finish the whole quote. This is not a question, it is a 5 part question. Take it to them 1 through 5. Have fun with it.