I don't often post political blogs. However, this caught my eye and attention. It was sent to me by a conservative relative.
After years of Obama's direction, and after promises of change, conservatives say: Here's your change.
| January | 2009 | TODAY | % Change | Source |
| Avg. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. | $1.83 | $3.44 | 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 lb. Fob raw world | $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 | $49 777 | -0.7% | 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 | 17.1% | 12 |
| U.S. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate | 89.76 | 82.03 | -8.6% | 2 |
| U.S. Money supply M1 in billions | $1575.1 | $1865.7 | 18.4% | 13 |
| U.S. Money supply M2 in billions | $8310.9 | $8852.3 | 6.5% | 13 |
| National debt in trillions* | $10.627 | $14.052 | 32.2% | 14 |
*One funny thought: if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane at 27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH! That is how fast the National Debt is growing.
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
As David Letterman would say, "Things that make you go, 'Hmmmmmm.' "
What do you say?
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