Hell yes, I'm better off than I was four years ago!
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At that time, my patient load was off thirty percent, my gross income to the dental practice was down forty percent, my net was negative and I'm only now,climbing out of the mess which drove me to near-bankruptcy. I practice in a large urban medical/dental building which used to have a total of 140 different doctors. We are now down to about sixty and several are in the process of divesting themselves of their offices and practices, because they got in way too far over Their collective heads. The President has, with virtually ZERO assistance from the Congress, presided over a significant recovery as far as I'm concerned. FYI, one of the leading indicators of economic upturn or downturn in an index of gross income of urban and suburban general dental practices. Trust me, it is significant: I've been able to predict the last six events unerringly WAY before the idiots on CNN or worse, CNBC.
While watching the announcement of Palin that summer, I was facing a catastrophe, and thought ruefully to myself that she might be the VP presiding over my professional AND personal downfall. How ironic, right? This know-nothing grifter from Wasilla ascends to great heights while the rest of us are destroyed. Well, it was not to be, and it will only take me another year and a half to fully extricate myself from the mess.
I don't need to be reminded of Bush,Jr. for one instant: every huge automatic payment which clears my account to pay off past debts is reminder enough.
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Does no one remember the layoffs in 2008 under Bush?
I was laid off in Dec. 2009 for 10 months when my grant failed to be re-funded. In 2008, when all the big layoffs were happening, during the campaign and right up through Obama's inauguration and initial part of his presidency, I could see the writing on the wall.
