After three and one half years of Obama.
Here’s your “change” since January 2009!
Avg. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
Then: $1.83 Now: $3.44 Change: 84% Source: 1
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)
Then: $43.48 Now: $99..02 Change: 127.7% Source: 2
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)
Then: $38..74 Now: $91..38 Change: 135.9% Source: 2
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL
Then: $3.56 Now: $6.33 Change: 78.1% Source: 2
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL
Then: $9.66 Now: $13.75 Change: 42.3% Source: 2
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob
Then: $13.37 Now: $35.39 Cange: 164.7% Source: 2
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall
Then: 7.6% Now: 9.4% Change: 23.7% Source: 3
Unemployment rate, blacks
Then: 12.6% Now: 15.8% Change: 25.4% Source: 3
Number of unemployed
Then: 11,616,000 Now: 14,485,000 Chance: 24.7% S: 3
Number of fed. Employees
Then: 2,779,000 Now: 2,840,000 Change: 2.2% Source: 3
Real median household income
Then: $50,112 Now: $49,777 Change: -0.7% Source: 4
Number of food stamp recipients
Then: 31,983,716 Now: 43,200,878 Change: 35.1% S: 5
Number receiving unemployment benefit
Then: 7,526,598 Now: 9,193,838 Change: 22.2% S: 6
Number of long-term unemployed
Then: 2,600,000 Now: 6,400,000 Change: 146.2% S: 3
Poverty rate, individuals
Then: 13.2% Now: 14.3% Change: 8.3% Source: 4
People in poverty in U.S.
Then: 39,800,000 Now: 43,600,000 Change: 9.5% S: 4
Present Situation Index
Then: 29.9 Now: 23.5 Change -21.4% Source: 11
Failed banks
Then: 140 Now: 164 Change: 17.1% Source: 12
U.S. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate
Then: 89.76 Now: 82.03 Change: -8.6% Source: 2
U.S. Money supply, M1, in billions
Then: 1,575.1 Now: 1,865.7 Change: 18.4% Source: 13
U.S. Money supply, M2, in billions
Then: 8,310.9 Now: 8,852.3 Change: 6.5% Source: 13
National debt, in trillions
Then: $10..627 Now: $14..052 Change: 32.2% S: 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
So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can’t think of anything? Don’t worry. He’s done all this in 33 months — so you’ll have about 3 months to come up with an answer. Every statement here is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable.
