THE COLD HARD STATISTICS BEHIND OBAMANOMICS: STAGGERING!!

The Obama Economy
By The Numbers

The Cold Hard Stats Behind Obamanomics

THIS WEEK, THE NATION’S ECONOMIC INDICATORS ALL STARTED BLINKING RED, SIGNALING ANOTHER FAILURE OF OBAMA’S ECONOMIC POLICIES

2002:

Last Year The Home Value Index Was As Low As It Is Now. (The Wall Street Journal, 5/31/11)

279:

Points The Dow Jones Industrial Average Dropped Yesterday. (Dow Jones, Accessed 6/1/11)

8:

Straight Months Home Prices Have Fallen. (MarketWatch, 5/31/11)

6.9:

Points The Institute For Supply Management’s Index Of Manufacturing Fell In May. (The Washington Post, 6/1/11)

3.6:

Percent Decrease In Home Prices Over The Last Year. (MarketWatch, 5/31/11)

$1.95:

Increase In The Price Of Gas Since Obama Took Office. (Energy Information Administration, Accessed 6/1/11)

1.8:

Percent Rate Of Growth For The U.S. Economy, A “Surprisingly Weak” Rate. (The New York Times, 5/31/11)

THEY JOIN THE REST OF THE OBAMA RECORD AND HIS PAINFUL LEGACY OF DEBT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND DESPAIR

$45.9 Trillion:

Total Federal Spending Proposed By Obama’s FY2012 Budget Through 2021. (OMB, 2/14/11)

$26.3 Trillion:

Projected Federal Debt In 2020 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending. (OMB, 2/14/11)

$14.3 Trillion:

Current National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 06/1/11)

$10.9 Trillion:

Amount The Total Gross Federal Debt Will Increase By FY2021 According To Obama’s FY2012 Budget. (OMB, 2/14/11)

$9.5 Trillion:

Cumulative Deficits Caused By President Obama’s Proposed Budget, FY2012-2021. (CBO, April 2011)

$6.0 Trillion:

Total Interest Payments On The National Debt, FY2012-2021. (CBO, April 2011)

$3.7 Trillion:

Amount Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 6/1/11)

$2.5 Trillion:

True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Sen. Max Baucus, Floor Remarks, 12/2/09)

$1.65 Trillion:

Projected Federal Deficit For FY2011 – Will Be The Largest In U.S. History. (OMB, 2/14/11)

$1.42 Trillion:

Federal Budget Deficit For FY2009 – Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)

$1.29 Trillion:

Federal Budget Deficit For FY2010 – Second Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)

$1.14 Trillion:

American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 6/1/11)

$931 Billion:

Net Interest Payment On Our National Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Budget. (CBO, April 2011)

$830 Billion:

Price Tag Of Obama’s Failed Stimulus. (CBO, 5/25/11)

$575 Billion:

Amount Of Medicare Cuts In ObamaCare. (CMS Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster, Memo, 4/22/10)

$569.2 Billion:

Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 3/18/10)

$24 Billion:

Stimulus Funds Sent To Tax Cheats. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)

$16 Billion:

Amount Obama Expects To Lost On Auto Bailouts. (Detroit News, 6/1/11)

$2.1 Billion:

Amount Treasury Doesn’t Expect To Recover From Chrysler. (The Associated Press, 5/17/10)

44.6 Million:

Number Of Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (The Wall Street Journal, 5/31/11)

$18 Million:

Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.org. (ABC News’ “The Note“ Blog, 7/8/09)

13.7 Million:

Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5/6/11)

8.6 Million:

Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5/6/11)

6.5 Million:

Number Of Properties Receiving Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac, Accessed 6/1/11)

5.8 Million:

Americans Unemployed For Longer Than 27 Weeks. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5/6/11)

3.8 Million:

Increase In The Number Of People Who Were In Poverty In 2009 Over 2008. (NPR, 9/16/10)

3.1 Million:

Number Of Workers Granted Waivers So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plan. (HHS.gov, Accessed 6/1/11)

1.8 Million:

Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 6/1/11)

1.3 Million:

Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 6/1/11)

989,000:

Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5/6/11)

587,000:

Avoided Foreclosure ThroughHAMP, Obama Had Promised To Help As Many As Nine Million. (Dow Jones Newswire, 5/6/11; President Obama, Remarks In Mesa, AZ, 2/18/09)

89,000:

The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal‘s Washington Wire” Blog, 10/7/10)

$46,000:

Your Share Of The National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 6/1/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 6/1/11)

38,000:

ADP Survey Of Private Sector Jobs Created In May. (NPR, 6/1/11)

23,000:

The Number Of Jobs Obama Knew His Drilling Moratorium Would Kill. (The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/10)

3,700:

Number Of Tax Deliquents Who Received Stimulus Funds. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)

2020:

Year That Medicare’s Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (CBO, March 18, 2011)

1,372:

Number Of Waivers Granted To Unions And Businesses So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plans. (HHS.gov, Accessed 6/1/11)

1,000:

Number Of Jobs Obama’s NLRB Is Trying To Kill In South Carolina. (The Denver Post, 5/2/11)

80:

Percent Of Small Businesses That Could Be Forced To Change Health Care Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (The Washington Post, 6/15/10)

79:

Percent Of Stimulus Funds For Wind, Solar And Geothermal Energy Projects That Went To Foreign Firms. (Investigating Reporting Workshop/ABC’s World News Tonight/Watchdog Institute, 2/8/10)

73:

Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of Obama’s Handling Of Gas Prices. (CNN Poll, 5/24-26/11)

70:

Rounds Of Golf Played By President Obama Since Taking Office. (CBS News’ Mark Knoller’s Twitter Feed, 5/30/11)

64:

Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of Obama’s Handling Of The Budget Deficit. (CNN Poll, 5/24-26/11)

58:

Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of Obama’s Handling Of The Economy. (CNN Poll, 5/24-26/11)

44.8:

Top Tax Rate Under By 2014 Under Obama’s FY2012 Budget. (The Washington Post, 5/16/11)

38.3:

Average Weeks That It Takes To Find A Job. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5/6/11)

37:

Percent Of Pre-Existing Home Sales In April That Were Distressed Properties. (San Francisco Chronicle, 5/20/11)

27:

Straight Months With Unemployment Rate Above 8 Percent. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 6/1/11)

15.9:

Percent Of Workers Unemployed Or Underemployed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5/6/11)

9.0:

Current Unemployment Rate. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 5/6/11)

$1.95:

Increase In The Price Of Gas Since Obama Took Office. (Energy Information Administration, Accessed 6/1/11)

0:

Votes Obama’s Budget Received In The Senate. (The Hill, 5/25/11)

0:

Other People Obama Will Have Left To Blame For The Failures Of His Economic Policies In 2012. (The American People, 11/6/12)

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