Are You Better Off?

So where are you at? Are you better off now, under the Bush administration than you were under Clinton? I know that I'm not, and I don't think too many middle class and working class Americans can say that they are either. I mean, a tax cut sounds great and most likely is , AT FIRST. But the needs don't just go away, they are still there. So instead of federal tax, we pay more state and local taxes to make up the difference. Property tax has gone up again (which will eventually affect my rent) and we have some of the highest gas taxes in the country in my state. So now I have less money to spend on other stuff. See this isn't working the way we were promised it would. My bottom line is starting to bottom out....................