I've already noticed a happy change to my own life thanks to President Obama, blessed be His name. There are only two things that really matter to an individual in their relations with government: money and freedom. I still have to take my shoes off at the airport, but am otherwise pretty much free from government-sponsored persecutions, but the government is always happy to dip into my income before I even get it into my own pockets.

On my most recent paycheck, however, I noticed that my tax rate has decreased from 17% to 13.5%. That's awesome! That equates to an extra $1,225 dollars in my pocket every year. That's 11,000 miles worth of gasoline; 2,800 McNuggets; 350 lattes; 408 max-bet pulls on the MegaBucks slots; 6 Milky Way Dark candy bars every day; 7 in-call full-release massages; 4 third-world children with a full belly every day; 612 bacon & mayonnaise sandwiches; 1 vacation to Peru.

Finally. One thousand two hundred twenty-five dollars of change I can believe in.