Are We Better Off? 10 Headlines From Four Years Ago | Alternet
"Recently, the Romney campaign has taken to telling voters that Obama “can’t tell you that you’re better off” now than four years ago. While the economic numbers suggest otherwise, there’s a simpler way to understand the reality of four years ago: take a look at what people were saying at the time. September 2008 was the month where the financial crisis — caused in significant part byRepublican-supportedderegulation of the financial industry — really took off, a point reflected clearly in the newspaper headlines from the time:"
