After 2 Years of Obama, Here is your Change...

The Obama Regime was not kidding when they claimed they wanted to fundamentally change this country. They changed this country all right. Take a close look at the change. Review these statistics. This is actually amazing!

The way to read this is to look at the item first. The first value is where it was in January of 2009 when Obama and his regime took office. The second value is where that item is today under just 2 years of Obama leadership. The last value is the percent change. Its almost hard to believe these are actually true!

Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.704 89.6%

Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43..48 $105..02 167.7%

Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38..74 $107..38 178.9%

Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,469.50 70.5%

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, ex. Military (curr = 12/10 prelim)

2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2%

Real median household income (2008 v 2009) $50,112 $49,777 -0.7%

Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10) 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1%

Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)
7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2%

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

Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) 13.2% 14.3% 8.3%

People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5%

U.S.. Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9 n/a

Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) 29.9 23.5 -21.4%

Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) 40 164 17.1% 12

U.S.. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate 89.76 82.03 -8.6%

U.S.. Money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)
1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4%

U.S.. Money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)
8,310.9 8,852.3 6.5%

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


There is no mention here about the losses in home values. This is the largest expansion of government in the history of the United States of America. We cannot afford any more destruction of our great nation to empower the elitists!


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