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Here's your change!
January
2009 |
TODAY
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%
Chg |
Source
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Avg.
Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. |
$1.83
|
$3.44
|
84%
|
1
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Crude oil,
European Brent (barrel) |
$43..48
|
$99..02
|
127.7%
|
2
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Crude oil,
West TX Inter. (barrel) |
$38..74
|
$91..38
|
135.9%
|
2
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Corn, No.2
Yellow, Central IL |
$3.56
|
$6.33
|
78.1%
|
2
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Soybeans,
No. 1 yellow, IL |
$9.66
|
$13..75
|
42.3%
|
2
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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
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Number of
Food stamp recipients |
31,983,716
|
43,200,878
|
35.1%
|
5
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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
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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!
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
(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 29 months --
so you'll have about 6 months to come up with an answer. Every statement
in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein
Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely
verifiable.
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 29 months --
so you'll have about 6 months to come up with an answer. Every statement
in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein
Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely
verifiable.
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