Vote!
Do you feel worse off than you did in the 1990s?
- 56% are saying yes
- 44% are saying no
comments from readers
- Jane Greene
13 August 2008 - no
No I feel considerably better off and happier - thanks so much for asking
- Carl Jones
13 August 2008 - yes
Another stupid question....what was wrong with my question Ben? So its true, the West (NWO) picks and choses its war criminals. Mind you, its a bit difficult when he`s a MI6/CIA/Mossadpuppet!! LOL
- Admin
13 August 2008 - no
Because control told me to ask this one Carl.
- belwebb
13 August 2008 - yes
I was in my teens and twenties in the 90s and things felt a bit more possible. The last few years have felt totally stultifying and everything feels a bit more totalitarian.
- nawawimohamad
14 August 2008 - yes
I feel more insecure and full of anxieties in every sense. There are more squabblings prevailing in this world today then tolerance and common sense.
- Carl Jones
14 August 2008 - yes
Admin, if you say so.
- Viscount Firm
14 August 2008 - yes
But then in the 1990s I was only in my late eighties.
- renumeratedfrog
14 August 2008 - no
This is a very vague question and can vary considerably depending on the mood of the responder. People generally bitch about the present because they prefer being younger, but the scientific/social progress is generally a positive thing.
- swatantra nandanwar
14 August 2008 - no
Definitely not! Because of Thatcher/Major, was out of work for two years; nearly lost the house and the debts incurred, took five years to pay off.
- DCarins
14 August 2008 - no
I'm ten years older. I was a student in the 1990s. I have more money. What a stupid question. Who thinks of these questions? Is there no editorial input whatsoever?
- Cybertiger
15 August 2008 - yes
... and no. I feel a decade closer to Armageddon but unsure whether I feel better or worse for that feeling.
- Helen Heenan
15 August 2008 - no
Are you kidding? Worse off than Thatcherism?
- suell
15 August 2008 - no
'worse off' doesn't just mean finances - I feel much happier this decade because of personal changes, and contentment is something to be treasured.
Sue L - Journalist4Peace
15 August 2008 - yes
In 1990s we all were living a peaceful and a bit secure lif, but know we are suffering here with AlQaida , and There Taliban, i mean to say that the Terrorism and Extreemism have made us hostage............. and as an Investigative Journalist, i strongly believe that all these nonsense going just because of Political and Financial injustices by the developed Countries..............and in my thoughts.......we all are Human Being nothing else ,we are same and have the same rights as Human Being, and MY QURAN AND ISLAM Teach every one that Each and Every Human Being have the same status and rights, regardless of Religion, Race and Ethnicity etc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, thats all,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, By Mr Sajid Hussain PhD, Investigative Journalist, From Pakistan,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and an independent, modrate and broaded minded man, love to meet peoples from other cultures,,,,,,,
- BREWER
16 August 2008 - no
Not that much has changed ... Different bunch of Clowns saying the same things they said back then ... Decent Values still shot to hell ... But whatever comes up gets handled and always to my satisfaction ... I am still very Blessed, and after nine trips to Viet Nam, I can withstand just about anything .......
- Roland Baker
16 August 2008 - yes
I'm 10-15 years older now. My wages are no higher, my pension prospects are destroyed and I am first in the firing line to have the recession visited personally on me when I don't have long enough to recover.
- Belinda
16 August 2008 - no
No.
I had to work much longer hours for the same pay in the 1990s.
PS Did you know it's possible to vote more than once in this poll? I would say that pretty much discredits it.
- npgdavies
17 August 2008 - no
Personally no- but I suspect the country is in a worse state.
- proudlyleft
17 August 2008 - no
How about rephrasing this: Are you older (and more conservative and grouchy) than you were in the 1990s)?
- Broga
17 August 2008 - no
Of course not. I was wealthy then and after New Labour I am wealthier still. If Davis Cameron is elected, or Milliband replaces Brown, this shameful situtaion will continue. Only the poor are suffering. I thought that was obvious.
- Alan
17 August 2008 - yes
I am 58 years and have watched my private pension deteriorate over the years and everything else that affects our daily lives not to state the obvious.
- mcavoy
18 August 2008 - no
But my situation has changed drastically!
- chukkiegg
19 August 2008 - no
I have a much better standard of living now I live in Japan.
Dave H, Kawasaki.
- searchyan
19 August 2008 - yes
my happy childhood has been replaced by the boring and meaningless study . people are richer in china indeed,howerer,people are aimless and indifferent with each other.
Things maybe change soon,though it takes time.if not the history is still being forgotten by the sudden tall building and sudden changed lifestyles. - there_is_still_an_alternative
19 August 2008 - no
what's it got to do with how well off i *feel ? - touchy feely postmodern lefty namby pamby. i earn more, but am as exploited as ever, vive!!
- subprimate
19 August 2008 - no
I am now much happier than I was in the 1990s, for financial and personal reasons. i was in my 20s then and now I've turned 40. I worked full time, then thanks to an inheritance I was able to give up full time work, although that actually began before. Now I pursue creative and small business projects which give me immense satisfaction. Full time work = wage slavery. I just lost a couple of grand out of 12 I had left in savings thanks to the market crash and I cant sell my flat. But them's the breaks - I bought my house in 97 so it was cheap. I feel sorry for people who bought in last few years.
