in 2008 I was earning 5.5% in a money market and my home was valued at $130,000. Today, I can’t easily find a money market that pays more than 1% and my house was recently reassessed at less than $100,000. Meanwhile, my paycheck has not kept pace with the commodity inflation created by the Fed’s/Obama’s easy money policies; furthermore, high unemployment is pushing property taxes higher on the aforementioned devalued property. Hell no I’m not better off, I’m pissed off is what I am.