OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS - NUMBERS DON'T LIE

This is how badly the Democrats and Obama have failed the United States.

Some differences between January 2009 and January 2011 with percent +/-:

Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.83 $3.104 69.6%
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43.48 $99.02 127.7%
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38.74 $91.38 135.9%
Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,369.50 60.5%
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
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) 29.9 23.5 -21.4%
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) 140 164 17.1%
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%




A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization, comparing the current (pre-Obamacare) situation in the US to nationalized healthcare in England and Canada:

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:
U.S. 65%
England 46%
Canada 42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:
U.S. 93%
England 15%
Canada 43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:
U.S. 90%
England 15%
Canada 43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S. 77%
England 40%
Canada 43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:
U.S. 71
England 14
Canada 18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent health":
U.S. 12%
England 2%
Canada 6%

The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the private business sector is...a real-life job in the private sector...not a government job. Here are the percentages.

T. Roosevelt..........38%
Taft.......................40%
Wilson ...................52%
Harding..................49%
Coolidge............... 48%
Hoover .................42%
F. Roosevelt.........50%
Truman.................50%
Eisenhower..............57%
Kennedy...............30%
Johnson................47%
Nixon......................53%
Ford......................42%
Carter.......................32%
Reagan..................56%
GH Bush............... 51%
Clinton ..................39%
GW Bush................55%
Obama............... 8%