After Three Years of Obama, Here's Your "Change"
January
2009
|
TODAY
|
%
chg
|
Source
| ||||
Avg. Retail
price/gallon gas in U.S.
|
$1.83
|
$3.44
|
84%
|
1
|
|||
Crude oil,
European Brent (barrel)
|
$43..48
|
$99..02
|
127.7%
|
2
|
|||
Crude oil,
West TX Inter. (barrel)
|
$38..74
|
$91..38
|
135.9%
|
2
|
|||
Corn, No.2
yellow, Central IL
|
$3.56
|
$6.33
|
78.1%
|
2
|
|||
Soybeans,
No. 1 yellow, IL
|
$9.66
|
$13..75
|
42.3%
|
2
|
|||
Sugar, cane,
raw, world, lb. Fob
|
$13..37
|
$35..39
|
164.7%
|
2
|
|||
Unemployment
rate, non-farm, overall
|
7.6%
|
9.4%
|
23.7%
|
3
|
|||
Unemployment
rate, blacks
|
12.6%
|
15.8%
|
25.4%
|
3
|
|||
Number of
unemployed
|
11,616,000
|
14,485,000
|
24.7%
|
3
|
|||
Number of
fed. Employees
|
2,779,000
|
2,840,000
|
2.2%
|
3
|
|||
Real median
household income
|
$50,112
|
$49,777
|
-0.7%
|
4
|
|||
Number of
food stamp recipients
|
31,983,716
|
43,200,878
|
35.1%
|
5
|
|||
Number of
unemployment benefit recipients
|
7,526,598
|
9,193,838
|
22.2%
|
6
|
|||
Number of
long-term unemployed
|
2,600,000
|
6,400,000
|
146.2%
|
3
|
|||
Poverty
rate, individuals
|
13.2%
|
14.3%
|
8.3%
|
4
|
|||
People in
poverty in U.S.
|
39,800,000
|
43,600,000
|
9.5%
|
4
|
|||
U.S. Rank in
Economic Freedom World Rankings
|
5
|
9
|
n/a
|
10
|
|||
Present
Situation Index
|
29.9
|
23.5
|
-21.4%
|
11
|
|||
Failed
banks
|
140
|
164
|
17.1%
|
12
|
|||
U.S. Dollar
versus Japanese yen exchange rate
|
89.76
|
82.03
|
-8.6%
|
2
|
|||
U.S. Money
supply, M1, in billions
|
1,575.1
|
1,865.7
|
18.4%
|
13
|
|||
U.S. Money
supply, M2, in billions
|
8,310.9
|
8,852.3
|
6.5%
|
13
|
|||
National
debt, in trillions
|
$10..627
|
$14..052
|
32.2%
|
14
|
|||
Just take
this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a
rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our
entire nation's history.
Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane.
27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH!
Over 27 times as fast. Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane.
27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH!
Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor;
(7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC;
(13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor;
(7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC;
(13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury
So,
tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and
impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 33
months -- so you'll have about 7 months to come up with an answer. Every
statement in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein
Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely
verifiable.
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