Are you better off than you were four years ago?

Forget about the political rhetoric from both sides and check out this summary from Business Insider. Lots of very useful, easy-to-digest charts. Bottom line: The economy is obviously much improved from 2008 - hell, it was in free-fall in 2008. Better, however, does not mean wonderful; unemployment remains quite high and the deficit is huge. But growth continues to chug along and debt is being reduced.