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Stunning Data: Obama’s First Two Years a Complete Disaster

Politics / US Politics Feb 10, 2011 - 11:42 AM GMT

By: Mac_Slavo

Politics

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleThe argument will be that President Obama inherited this crisis, recession, depression or whatever you want to call  it. But we didn’t hear any complaints during the 2008 election campaign, so we assume that President Obama wanted the job and had a grasp of what it was he was signing on for.

He got the job based on great marketing and the many promises made to his constituents. Many of them believed they’d receive free gas, free homes, and that they wouldn’t have to work for the American dream - it would simply be handed to them.


Oh, how very wrong they were. As with all promises from politicians, one should always expect exactly the opposite.

George Bush most certainly made a mess of things. President Obama promised to change that.

According to this data, however, the hope that millions had in President Obama was for naught. It really is stunning how bad things have gotten, and worse, conditions will continue to deteriorate unless the magic money printing presses of the Federal Reserve and continued spending by Congress somehow manage to turn it all around. Given that we’ve spent trillions already, engaged in destructive monetary policy, and learned absolutely nothing, we suspect the trends below will continue:

January 2009 TODAY % chg Source
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. (regular conventional)

$1.83

$3.104

69.6%

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

Natural gas, Henry Hub, $ per MMbtu

$4.85

$4.48

-7.6%

2

Gold: London (per troy oz.)

$853.25

$1,369.50

60.5%

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, raw, world, lb. fob

$13.37

$35.39

164.7%

2

Producer Price Index:  all commodities

171.0

189.9

11.1%

3

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, ex. uniformed military (curr = 12/10 prelim)

2,779,000

2,840,000

2.2%

3

Real median household income (2008 vs 2009)

$50,112

$49,777

-0.7%

4

Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)

31,983,716

43,200,878

35.1%

5

Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)

7,526,598

9,193,838

22.2%

6

Number of long-term unemployed,  in millions

2.6

6.4

146.2%

3

Poverty rate, individuals (2008 vs 2009)

13.2%

14.3%

8.3%

4

People in poverty in U.S.,  in millions  (2008 vs 2009)

39.8

43.6

9.5%

4

House price index (current = Q3 2010)

198.7

192.7

-3.0%

7

S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: 20 city composite (curr = 10/10)

146.4

145.3

-0.8%

8

Number of properties subject of foreclosurefilings,  in millions

2.82

2.87

1.7%

9

U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings

5

9

n/a

10

Consumer Confidence Index (curr = 12/10)

37.7

52.5

39.3%

11

Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)

29.9

23.5

-21.4%

11

Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)

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  (curr = 12/10 preliminary)

1,575.1

1,865.7

18.4%

13

U.S. money supply, M2,  in billions  (curr = 12/10 preliminary)

8,310.9

8,852.3

6.5%

13

National debt,  in trillions

$10.627

$14.052

32.2%

14

Sources: 1)U.S. Energy Information Admin 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 [Data sourced by K.E. Campbell of American Thinker]

Hat tip Patriot One

By Mac Slavo
http://www.shtfplan.com/

Mac Slavo is a small business owner and independent investor focusing on global strategies to protect, preserve and increase wealth during times of economic distress and uncertainty. To read our commentary, news reports and strategies, please visit www.SHTFplan.com

© 2011 Copyright Mac Slavo - All Rights Reserved
Disclaimer: The above is a matter of opinion provided for general information purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. Information and analysis above are derived from sources and utilising methods believed to be reliable, but we cannot accept responsibility for any losses you may incur as a result of this analysis. Individuals should consult with their personal financial advisors.


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Comments

Mark Orr
11 Feb 11, 13:37
Just stats

All you did was dump a bunch of stats without even suggesting an alternate course of action and how it may have made a difference. The Presidential campaign stated long before the election in 2006. So to say Obama wanted the job of repairing the crisis is really idiotic. When he took over the situation was still in a death spiral. Do you honestly think even Superman could have turned things completely around in a mere 2 years?


Braz
22 May 12, 15:44
Obama - One term

Barrack said in several campaign speeches that "If I cannot turn this economy around then this will be a one term deal." That's the only promise I expect him to keep.


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