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ARE WE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE 8 YEARS AGO?

605,000 Jobs Lost in 2008
(CNNMoney.com, 9/5/08; Associated Press, 9/5/08)

Unemployment Rate at 5-Year High
(CNNMoney.com, 9/5/08)

2 Million Home Foreclosures
(Brookings Institution, 3/7/08)

46 Million Without Health Care
(Census Bureau, 8/07)

$4-a-Gallon Gas Energy Crisis
(CNNMoney.com, 6/8/08)

A Global Financial Meltdown With No End in Sight
(Associated Press, 9/16/08)

John McCain Thinks So

“I think we are better off overall if you look at the entire eight-year period, when you look at the millions of jobs that have been created, the improvement in the economy, etc.”
—Republican Presidential Debate, CNN, 1/30/08

John McCain, FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG