Reply #11: Not really.

[wickerwoman]

On the plus side, I'm no longer borderline homeless and crashing with family. But that's because of student loans, not because I could find a job. I sort of have health insurance now (and didn't then) but again, it's because I'm a student and had to take out loans to pay for it. If the university didn't require it, I still wouldn't have insurance.

I guess it all depends on the job market when I graduate (in November :scared: )

I like the reforms to the student loan act that limit how much of my income they can go after, and the new online system for loans is awesome... really easy to see exactly how much you owe and when payments are due. Much easier to use and more transparent than the old system. He's done a great job of bringing govt IT into the 21st century. The IRS site is another example.

But a lot of the big stuff hasn't been resolved.
We're still in Iraq. Health care reform was inadequate- we need single payer. The Patriot Act hasn't been repealed and Gitmo is still open for business. Obama hasn't done enough to speak out against torture. I strongly resent the fact that Obama extended the Bush taxcuts while "investigating" social security. "Shared sacrifice" by any objective standard has not been shared at all. And he has his head up his ass about education reform.

So yeah, I'm about the same as I was 4 years ago. I know where my next meal is coming from, but I'm a lot deeper in debt. I can't point to many things Obama has done that have specifically made my life any better.