Posted on 03/05/2012 10:05:36 AM PST by greyfoxx39
I received this in an email from another FReeper...thought it should be passed along.
After three years of Obama ...
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January 2009
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TODAY
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% chg
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Source
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Avg. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
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$1.83
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$3.44
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84%
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1
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Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)
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$43..48
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$99..02
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127.7%
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2
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Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)
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$38..74
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$91..38
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135.9%
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2
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Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL
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$3.56
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$6.33
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78.1%
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2
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Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL
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$9.66
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$13..75
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42.3%
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2
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Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob
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$13..37
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$35..39
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164.7%
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2
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Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall
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7.6%
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9.4%
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23.7%
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3
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Unemployment rate, blacks
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12.6%
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15.8%
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25.4%
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3
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Number of unemployed
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11,616,000
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14,485,000
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24.7%
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3
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Number of fed. Employees
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2,779,000
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2,840,000
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2.2%
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3
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Real median household income
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$50,112
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$49,777
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-0.7%
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4
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Number of food stamp recipients
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31,983,716
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43,200,878
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35.1%
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5
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Number of unemployment benefit recipients
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7,526,598
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9,193,838
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22.2%
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6
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Number of long-term unemployed
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2,600,000
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6,400,000
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146.2%
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3
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Poverty rate, individuals
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13.2%
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14.3%
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8.3%
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4
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People in poverty in U.S.
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39,800,000
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43,600,000
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9.5%
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4
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U.S. Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings
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5
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9
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n/a
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10
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Present Situation Index
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29.9
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23.5
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-21.4%
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11
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Failed banks
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140
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164
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17.1%
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12
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U.S. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate
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89.76
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82.03
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-8.6%
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2
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U.S. Money supply, M1, in billions
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1,575.1
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1,865.7
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18.4%
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13
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U.S. Money supply, M2, in billions
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8,310.9
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8,852.3
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6.5%
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13
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National debt, in trillions
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$10..627
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$14..052
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32.2%
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14
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You should change the "Today" column to some given date. I don't know about the rest of the costs listed, but the prices of gasoline and bulk oil are a lot higher now than when this chart was made.
Nice chart but the national debit is actually closer to $17 trillion than $14 trillion.
Darn..I didn't think of that. I don't have time to look up the figures for today and change the chart..maybe someone else does.
The VALUE of our money is dropping like a ROCK as we merely print more of it.
Get your wheelbarrows oiled.
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