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In this 1-minute clip from the Oct. 28, 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, Reagan asks Americans a question in his closing statement - "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?"

"Republicans want to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security! Again!" So says Joe Biden in his latest blathering electoral lies. Tossing out terms like Mega MAGA Trickle-down economics, Biden's intent on stoking fear in Americans while deflecting from his administration's abominable performance. Mark is having none of Joe's contrived claptrap, instead asking the question: "are you better off than you were two years ago?" And with seemingly endless inflation, recession, rising gas prices, rising crime, woke ideologies and foreign policy failures the answer is obvious.

Reagan and Gingrich (from 1980) In his 1980 debate with President Carter, Ronald Reagan famously said: "...I think when you make that decision, it might be well if you would ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago? Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? Do you feel that our security is as safe, that we're as strong as...

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