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BELOW IS OBAMA'S "HOPE & CHANGE" REPORT

posted at October 25, 2012 3:29 PM EDT
Posts: 1478
First: August 27, 2012
Last: May 25, 2013
BELOW IS OBAMA'S "HOPE & CHANGE" REPORT 
It is time to digest this information
SOME WILL APPRECIATE THIS AND SOME WILL NOT.
HOWEVER, ALL OF IT IS TRUE.
 
After nearly 4 years of Obama
Here is your change...
Jan '09
June '12
% 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
$48,777
-0.9%
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
18.1%
12
U.S. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate
89.76
82.03
-9.6%
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 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 40 months -- so you'll have about 2 weeks to come up with an answer. Every statement in this email is factual and directly attributable to Barack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable.
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Re: BELOW IS OBAMA'S "HOPE & CHANGE" REPORT

posted at October 27, 2012 1:54 AM EDT
Posts: 343
First: October 13, 2012
Last: May 26, 2013
Great Republican Presidents

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4dwx0PNZWY


Where do you get these figures? Gas, for one, went over 2.00 a gal in 2005 when Katrina hit.
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Re: BELOW IS OBAMA'S "HOPE & CHANGE" REPORT

posted at October 27, 2012 10:43 AM EDT
Posts: 1478
First: August 27, 2012
Last: May 25, 2013
In Response to Re: BELOW IS OBAMA'S "HOPE & CHANGE" REPORT:
Great Republican Presidents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4dwx0PNZWY Where do you get these figures? Gas, for one, went over 2.00 a gal in 2005 when Katrina hit.
Posted by wisemagic
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Re: BELOW IS OBAMA'S "HOPE & CHANGE" REPORT

posted at October 28, 2012 9:41 PM EDT
Posts: 343
First: October 13, 2012
Last: May 26, 2013
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