This just goes to show just how stupid some people are when
it goes to obama. The main leaders’ overseas sees obama as a big joke; the only
leaders that support him are the far left leaders and leaders that are trying
to destroy this great nation.
Two years ago today, Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the
United States. Are you better off today than you were two years ago?
Numbers don't lie, and here are the data on the impact he has had on the
lives of Americans.
January 2009
TODAY
%
chg
Source
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
$1.83
$3.104
69.6%
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
Gold: London
(per troy oz.)
$853.25
$1,369.50
60.5%
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, ex. military
(curr = 12/10 prelim)
2,779,000
2,840,000
2.2%
3
Real median household
income (2008 v 2009)
$50,112
$49,777
-0.7%
4
Number of food stamp recipients (curr =
10/10)
31,983,716
43,200,878
35.1%
5
Number of unemployment benefit
recipients (curr = 12/10)
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 (2008 v 2009)
13.2%
14.3%
8.3%
4
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)
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 (curr = 12/10)
29.9
23.5
-21.4%
11
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to
date)
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
(curr = 12/10 prelim)
1,575.1
1,865.7
18.4%
13
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions
(curr = 12/10 prelim)
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 1,755 MPH! This is a
disaster!
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; (1
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