Posted on 05/06/2011 11:37:39 AM PDT by Armaggedon
After two 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
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 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!
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
Thanks for posting. ..got this in an email this week.
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Geeze.
I don’t even remember paying $1.83 per gallon for gas.
Paid $4.31 last night.
I can just see the ads based on these figures. “He promised us change ... and here’s what he delivered...”
Gonna be brutal for him.
Hopefully millions of people will finally understand that leftoids and senators make lousy presidents.
WHY can't you people understand we HAD TO SPEND, SPEND, SPEND so the economy wouldn't be REALLY bad?!!!!!
Just filled up here in So Cal. $87.21.
And yet...the obamazombies dont see it. Willfully ignorant.
$3.85 here in SW Mo and I’m still in sticker shock.
Went up about .10 just a few days ago.
“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!”
I want that car.
What a bunch of racist numbers.
This is a great idea for a GOP ad blitz in 2012.
Make a series of them. Start with some “changey” phrases from Obama, then flash a few facts. Each ad will have a few different facts in your list.
/s
At least we still have have hope: Election Day, 2012.
And yet...the obamazombies dont see it. Willfully ignorant.
Nope, most of them don’t have cars, live in public or section 8 housing and shop with a link card. None of those statistics effects them.
His approval shouldn’t be over 11%.
$5.21 gal in S.E. Alaska
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