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NightBiker07
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Here's your F(*&ING CHANGE

Post by NightBiker07 »

After two years of Obama ....
Here's your change!


........................................... January 2009 ......TODAY...... % chg '

Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.44 84%

Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43..48 $99..02 127.7% .
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38..74 $91..38 135.9% .
Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,369.50 60.5%

Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL $3.56 $6.33 78.1%

Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL $9.66 $13..75 42.3%

Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob $13..37 $35..39 164.7%

Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall 7.6% 9.4% 23.7%

Unemployment rate, blacks 12.6% 15.8% 25.4%

Number of unemployed 11,616,000 14,485,000 24.7%

Number of fed. Employees 2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2%

Real median household income $50,112 $49,777 -0.7%

Number of food stamp recipients 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1%

Number of unemployment benefit recipients 7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2%

Number of long-term unemployed 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2%

Poverty rate, individuals 13.2% 14.3% 8.3%

People in poverty in U.S. 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5%

U.S. . Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9

Present Situation Index 29.9 23.5 -21.4%

Failed banks 140 164 17.1%

Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate 89.76 82.03 -8.6%

U.S. . Money supply, M1, in billions 1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4%

U.S. . Money supply, M2, in billions 8,310.9 8,852.3 6.5%

National debt, in trillions $10..627 $14..052 32.2%

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
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Post by homenf »

Can we even come back if the best possible leader is put in place?
:shock:
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Post by hoofarted »

homenf wrote:Can we even come back if the best possible leader is put in place?
:shock:


With some really radical (Choice word) changes back the other way, there is some Hope for Change in 2012. :lol:

Although it is gonna take a while to unfuck ourselves out of this situation. Just hope the foreign debtors don't wanna collect any time soon. :roll:

You'd have to nearly reverse many of the policies put in place from years ago to get us on the right path.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLOv9WjG ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

All debt is "forgiven" to members of PUBLIC SERVICE careers.....


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