HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Going for broke: The multiple lost decades of US household income. Is it possible to have a recovery while the standard of living collapses? To be fair, these problems started before Obama took office. But (1) he was sold as the fixer-of-everything; and (2) he’s made things worse. And note the acceleration of income inequality during his term.