The following are 18 statistics that prove that the economy has not improved since Barack Obama became the president of the United States….
#1 Today there are
88 million working age Americans that are not employed and that are not looking for employment. That is an all-time record high.
#2 When Barack Obama was elected, the percentage of unemployed Americans that had been out of work for more than 52 weeks was less than 15%. Today, it is
above 30%.
#3 There are
1.2 million fewer jobs in America today than there were when Barack Obama was inaugurated.
#4 When Barack Obama first took office, the number of “long-term unemployed workers” in the United States was approximately 2.6 million. Today, that number
is sitting at 5.6 million.
#5 The average duration of unemployment in the United States is hovering
close to an all-time record high.
#6 During the Obama administration, worker health insurance costs have risen
by 23 percent.
#7 Since Barack Obama has been president, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States has increased by
90 percent.
#8 Since Barack Obama has been president, home values in the United States have declined by another
13 percent.
#9 Under Barack Obama, new home sales in the U.S. set a brand new all-time record low in 2009, they set a brand new all-time record low again in 2010, and they set a brand new
all-time record low once again during 2011.
#10 Since Barack Obama took office, the number of Americans living in poverty has risen by
more than 6 million.
#11 Since Barack Obama entered the White House, the number of Americans on food stamps has increased from 32 million to
46 million.
#12 The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased
by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.
#13 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the percentage of Americans living in “extreme poverty” is now sitting
at an all-time high.
#14 When Barack Obama first took office, an ounce of gold was going for about $850. Today an ounce of gold costs more than $1700 an ounce.
#15 Since Barack Obama became president, the size of the U.S. national debt has increased
by 44 percent.
#16 During Barack Obama’s first two years in office, the U.S. government added more to the U.S. national debt
than the first 100 U.S. Congresses combined.
#17 During the Obama administration, the U.S. government has accumulated more debt than it did from the time that George Washington took office
to the time that Bill Clinton took office.
#18 The U.S. national debt has been increasing by an average of
more than 4 billion dollars per day since the beginning of the Obama administration.
Oh, but Barack Obama is promising that things will be much better very soon. Barack Obama is pledging that
2 million more jobs will be added to the economy in 2012.
Do you believe him?
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