The question for voters in the 2012 presidential election

[Patrick2]

It's the same one offered by Reagan in 1980 when he ran against Carter, after four years of the Carter administration:

ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?​

 

[Douger]

Much better.

 

[Auxous]

Only a fool would by relying on the federal government to make them better off.

 

[Patrick2]

Only a fool would by relying on the federal government to make them better off.

The paradox is that a president and other government officials have to be elected who will get government off the backs of the people.