So now the line has been drawn. Barack Obama has made it clear the era of free markets is over. "It's not like we didn't try it," he said at a campaign speech in Florida last week that you paid for. And so after more than two centuries of capitalism and free markets, which made the United States the richest and most powerful nation on the planet, The One has declared the American experiment a failure. And he argues that we need to adopt his new and improved economic model, in which we will have a centrally planned economy that will create and sell what it decides you want and need. This new economy will also decide who makes too much money, seize the surplus and give it away to campaign contributors. We've had three years of experience with Obamanomics and this November's election will be a referendum on its success. And if we are to take an informed decision, then we need to know what sort of economic record Obama has compiled and compare that to those "failed policies" of the past/Michael Costello, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Are you better off now than when President Barack Obama took office?