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2 Years after Obama in office...the hard numbers (vanity)
American Thinker ^

Posted on 02/11/2011 7:47:39 PM PST by TigerClaws

First column: 2009, 2nd is today's price, and 3 column is % change

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

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: myeyes; vanity
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To: TigerClaws

21 posted on 02/11/2011 8:46:00 PM PST by Clay+Iron_Times (The Phillistine pResident needs a permanent vacation)
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To: TigerClaws

What is/are your source(s)? And, BTW, formatting wants to be friends with you.


22 posted on 02/11/2011 8:49:45 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde; harpu; TigerClaws; ThunderSleeps
Description (Source) 2009 Today Percent Change
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. (U.S. Energy Information Admin.) $1.83 $3.104 69.6%
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) (Wall Street Journal) $43.48 $99.02 127.7%
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) (Wall Street Journal) $38.74 $91.38 135.9%
Gold: London (per troy oz.) (Wall Street Journal) $853.25 $1,369.50 60.5%
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL (Wall Street Journal) $3.56 $6.33 78.1%
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL (Wall Street Journal) $9.66 $13.75 42.3%
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob (Wall Street Journal) $13.37 $35.39 164.7%
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 7.6% 9.4% 23.7%
Unemployment rate, blacks (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 12.6% 15.8% 25.4%
Number of unemployed (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 11,616,000 14,485,000 24.7%
Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim) (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2%
Real median household income (2008 v 2009) (Census Bureau) $50,112 $49,777 -0.7%
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10) (USDA) 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1%
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10) (U.S. Dept. of Labor) 7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2%
Number of long-term unemployed (Bureau of Labor Statistics) 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2%
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) (Census Bureau) 13.2% 14.3% 8.3%
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) (Census Bureau) 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5%
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings (Heritage Foundation and WSJ) 5 9 n/a
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) (The Conference Board) 29.9 23.5 -21.4%
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) (FDIC) 140 164 17.1%
U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate (Wall Street Journal) 89.76 82.03 -8.6%
U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) (Federal Reserve) 1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4%
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) (Federal Reserve) 8,310.9 8,852.3 6.5%
National debt, in trillions (U.S. Treasury) $10.627 $14.052 32.2%


23 posted on 02/11/2011 9:05:53 PM PST by EasySt (2012... Sometimes you have to flush twice.)
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To: TigerClaws

Um. Did you rip that off from American Thinker without any attribution? IBTZ.


24 posted on 02/11/2011 9:17:37 PM PST by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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Bookmarking


25 posted on 02/11/2011 9:18:19 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
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To: ThunderSleeps

you can really set the “table”, much appreciated!


26 posted on 02/11/2011 9:25:06 PM PST by Whitebread
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To: TigerClaws
Think we need more categories, like countries that have stopped being an ally since 2009
Number of countries toppled out of the US orbit
Jihad terrorist attacks
Chinese GDP
Home ownership,
Electricity prices
Tax burdon % by bracket.

this is a fascinating compilation, I would be a lot happier if I was not living in it.

27 posted on 02/11/2011 9:32:57 PM PST by McCloud-Strife ( USA 1776-2008)
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To: TigerClaws

Just makes me sick to my stomach. I was looking into opening my own business, but things just don’t look good enough right now to do that...


28 posted on 02/11/2011 9:41:00 PM PST by swatbuznik
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To: TigerClaws

Yet, there will be no inflation!

Bernanke’s eyes are seared on the data, and his $600 billion dollar printing machines are totally in control!

You can bet on it, because this is the US government!!!!


29 posted on 02/11/2011 10:00:05 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips Sink Ships)
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To: TigerClaws
Yeah, Zer0's just like Reagan...

Barry must be thrilled. Time for some hoops. Time for some ice cream. Time for a swim. Up yours America.

And so, we're in deep, deep economic trouble. And these liberals are going to friggin' sing and dance along, all the way, as they dance off a cliff.

Reagan-1sm

30 posted on 02/11/2011 10:09:45 PM PST by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: jeltz25

Click on the source for the chart. Geesh!


31 posted on 02/11/2011 10:33:06 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SunTzuWu
Careful what you wish for...

I wish she/he/it had left out all the spaces, too.

I was wondering what I would do with myself for the next few days...

32 posted on 02/11/2011 10:58:03 PM PST by Publius6961 ("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
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To: ThunderSleeps

Great work formatting! Thanks!


33 posted on 02/11/2011 11:00:57 PM PST by airborne (Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
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To: airborne

As Harrison Ford said in “Six Days, Seven Nights” - I’m not without skills. ;-)


34 posted on 02/11/2011 11:04:44 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: TigerClaws

I’m pretty sure that gas prices aren’t really that high. Otherwise it would be on the news every night like it was under Bush. ;)


35 posted on 02/11/2011 11:08:24 PM PST by 21twelve ( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
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To: TigerClaws

Well, obammy did campaign on change! This he has delivered on.


36 posted on 02/12/2011 12:02:27 AM PST by rawhide
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To: TigerClaws

The media chased down every Bush doc, and when they couldn’t find dirt, they advanced fake docs. That was only the preview. Their masterstroke was creating and advancing a fake president.

This is beyond media corruption; it is criminal.

Big media has a garbage detail to sift through Sarah Palin’s garbage. Why has there been no investigative journalism on this impostor?

The Blogging Professor has the whole dirty, hot mess here:

Chicago Law School faculty hated Obama “because he was lazy, unqualified, never attended any of the faculty meetings, and it was clear that the position was nothing more than a political stepping stool”

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/03/the-biggest-hustle-in-human-history-.html


37 posted on 02/12/2011 2:34:39 AM PST by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: jeltz25

if you actually go to the link it reads easily


38 posted on 02/12/2011 2:35:33 AM PST by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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