Whatever. The picture has improved dramatically, and "this president" has done anything but "fail on jobs" since Kerry gave that dumb ass lecture 1000 times.
The cost of living is always going up.....but not as fast as the standard of living. Today's "poor" people have a microwave oven, 2 TVs, a refrigerator, a video game system, a dvd player, a heater, and to top it all off....many of them are obese.