Are You Better Off? Take a Look at the Stock Market
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Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Do you remember the news four yearsago? Banks collapsed, markets cratered, companies struggled tomake payroll and millions of people lost their jobs. Yourretirement savings were decimated, the value of your houseplunged, credit was unobtainable. Politicians dithered andeconomists argued. Only confusion prospered.
Against this background, it’s surprising to hearRepublicans returning to Ronald Reagan’s classic debatequestion: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Toanyone whose memory extends a full electoral cycle, the answeris clearly yes.