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Friday, November 02, 2012

Here Is Your Change


Here is your CHANGE:
 
                                                     
Jan '09
Today
% Chg
Source
Avg. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
$1.83
$3.85
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
$16.052
32.2%
14
   
 
 
       
Just take this last item:  In the last two years we have accumulated a national debt at a ratemore than 27 times
as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history.
"That is 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
at "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.
 
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama
that makes him so brilliant and impressive?
 
And, name something that Obama
has done, in the last 40 months
that you would want another
4 years of ? ? ?
 
 
He's done all this in just 40 months --

8 comments:

  1. Alex?

    LG1982?

    Mayor Ireton?

    Chuck Cook?

    What? no comment?
    You've all been exposed as idiots fighting for this President and towing the party line.

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  2. Considering we're in the 21st century and working with a GLOBAL economy, what are the numbers of the past four years for the entire world? I'm sure it looks something like these.

    But that's Obama's fault too.

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  3. He is the self proclaimed leader of the free world.
    So, YES. That can be attributed to him as well.

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  4. This isn't the 50s. America doesn't run the world anymore.

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  5. Considering that we were on the brink of a great depression, I think Obama did a very good job.

    But he in the spirit of elections here's some more reasons for you to vote for Romney: (keep in mind that these are facts, so don't let them sway you too much)
    - Implemented gay marriage in MA
    - Supported gay adoptions
    - Supported abortion
    - Raised taxes/fees over 300% in MA
    - Implemented State level Cap and Trade
    - Supported man made global warming
    - Supported Brady bill
    - Implemented state level Assault Weapons Bill
    - Supported TARP
    - Supported Amnesty for illegal aliens
    - Supported McCain-Kennedy
    - Implemented Socialized Medicine in MA


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  6. That is called PROGRESS.
    Bi partisan progress.
    Which is more than Obama can offer.

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  7. Perhaps because the Republican Party has been hijcked by teaparty numbnuts, while Romney had mostly democratic legislature.

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  8. teaparty numbnuts?

    I'll take that over the SOCIALIST/Communist democrats everyday of the week.

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