LOL.
things are better because in five years since the end of the Bush Administration, there was no repeat of 9/11/2001? There was no repeat of 9/11/2001 in the five years AFTER 9/11/2001 either.
So much for that line of malarkey.
Bin Laden is dead? Good. That means that Islamist asshole nutjob militant terrorism is no more? Oh wait. There WAS that Benghazi thing. And there was that Boston Marathon thing. And there innumerable other instances of Islamist scumbag terrorists continuing their thing. Oddly enough, the efforts to interdict such plots and plans (started largely under W but continued successfully under Obumbler) is now under attack and Obumbler is caving in. I say it again. GETTING bin Laden = good. But getting bin Laden was never sufficient. W got that. Too bad Obumbler does not.
Overall, except for the final period of W's two terms, FEWER Americans are working under Obumbler than under W.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data (I'm happy for you that YOU got a job, however.) And be honest. Those numbers are beyond just "suspect" anyway.
The auto industry would be working (arguably better) if Obumbler had not gone off the deep end.
The financial sector was alive and would be doing ok without Obumbler's policies. Maybe even better.
So, your notion of improvement is -- off. A lot.