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Originally Posted by Robbie
What is Obama's plan? More of the same?
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Shortly after Obama took office I posted a
thread here on GFY about how the economy has affected my home town. (I included pictures, although I seem to have deleted them since which is a damn shame). When I made the post, exactly ten out of the twenty houses on my street were vacant. The Rainbow Market closed it's doors, and two condo complexes stopped construction with units half built. The Chilli's and Panetera Bread closed up shop, and a Sonic restaurant which was being built stopped half way. A brand new business complex was empty because businesses were closing down. We also lost the Wendy's and fucking Taco Bell. A new school was being built, and they stopped construction there too.
Four years later let's see where we are...
- Every house on my block is occupied.
- The rainbow market has been replaced with a newer and larger chain store, employing more people than ever before. It's also taken over the spot where the Taco Bell was.
- Construction on the condos has now restarted.
- A sushi place has opened up where the Chillis was, and we have a new McDonalds - as well as Red Robin. A friend of mine also opened up a new doughnut shop. (The Wendy's is still empty, and they removed the shell that was going to be the sonic.)
- No one I know here in town has lost their house in the past year.
What's Obama's plan? More of the same. Because everything in my life is better now than it was four years ago, and everything in my hometown is better than it was four years ago.
What is Romney going to do to "make things better"? Lower my taxes (while paying off the deficit and spending more on a military that isn't asking for more?)?