All 25 were caused by Dubya Bush and his criminal cartel. On May 1, 10:41 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > *http://tinyurl.com/7uqrh3o* > > * * > > *25 Horrible Statistics About The U.S. Economy That Barack Obama Does Not > Want You To Know > <http://www.rightsidenews.info/2012043016144/editorial/us-opinion-and-...> > * > > Monday, 30 April 2012 07:17 American Dream **** > > [image: Description: Description: > E-mail]<http://www.rightsidenews.info/component/option,com_mailto/link,5b46c7...>[image: > Description: Description: > Print]<http://www.rightsidenews.info/2012043016144/editorial/us-opinion-and-...> > **** > > Tweet <http://twitter.com/share> **** > > The human capacity for self-delusion truly is remarkable. Most people out > there end up believing exactly what they want to believe even when the > truth is staring them right in the face. Take the U.S. economy for example. > Barack Obama wants to believe that his policies have worked and that the > U.S. economy is improving. So that is what he is telling the American > people. The mainstream media wants to believe that Barack Obama is a good > president and that his policies make sense and so they are reporting that > we are experiencing an economic recovery. A very large segment of the U.S. > population still fully supports Barack Obama and they want to believe that > the economy is getting better so they are buying the propaganda that the > mainstream media is feeding them. But is the U.S. economy really improving? > The truth is that it is not.**** > > [image: Description: Description: rsn_betrayal_175]The rate of employment > among working age Americans is exactly where it was two years ago and > household incomes have actually gone down while Obama has been president. > Home ownership levels and home prices continue to decline. Meanwhile, food > and gasoline continue to become even more expensive. The percentage of > Americans that are dependent on the government is at an all-time record > high and the U.S. national debt has risen by more than 5 trillion dollars > under Obama. We simply have not seen the type of economic recovery that we > have seen after every other economic recession since World War II.**** > > The horrible statistics about the U.S. economy that you are about to read > are not talked about much by the mainstream media. They would rather be > "positive" and "upbeat" about the direction that things are headed.**** > > But lying to the American people is not going to help them. If you are > speeding in a car toward a 500 foot cliff, you don't need someone to cheer > you on. Instead, you need someone to slam on the brakes.**** > > The cold, hard reality of the matter is that the U.S. economy is in far > worse shape than it was four or five years ago.**** > > We have never come close to recovering from the last recession and another > one will be here soon.**** > > The following are 25 horrible statistics about the U.S. economy that Barack > Obama does not want you to know....**** > > *#1* The percentage of Americans that own homes is dropping rapidly. > According to Gallup, the current level of homeownership in the United > States is the > lowest<http://www.gallup.com/poll/154124/U.S.-Homeownership-Hits-Decade-Low....>that > Gallup has ever measured. > **** > > *#2* Home prices in the U.S. continue to fall like a rock as well. They > have declined for six months in a row and are now down a total of 35 > percent<http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-home-prices-drop-6th-130235133.html>from > the peak of the housing bubble. The last time that home prices in the > United States were this low was back in > 2002<http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/24/real_estate/home-prices/index.htm?hpt...> > .**** > > *#3* Last year, an astounding 53 percent > <http://www.cnbc.com/id/47133762>of all U.S. college > graduates<http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/53-percent-of-all-young-c...>under > the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed. > **** > > *#4* Back in 2007, about 10 percent of all unemployed Americans had been > out of work for 52 weeks or longer. Today, that number is above 30 > percent<http://www.financialarmageddon.com/2012/02/one-ugly-picture-a-few-sad...> > .**** > > *#5* When Barack Obama first became president, the number of "long-term > unemployed workers" in the United States was 2.6 million. Today, it is 5.3 > million <http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf>.**** > > *#6* The average duration of unemployment in the United States is about > three times <http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UEMPMEAN> as long > as it was back in the year 2000.**** > > *#7* Despite what the mainstream media would have us to believe, the truth > is that the percentage of working age Americans that are employed is not > increasing. Back in March 2010, 58.5 > percent<http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000>of all working age > Americans were employed. In March 2011, 58.5 > percent <http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000> of all working age > Americans were employed. In March 2012, 58.5 > percent<http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000>of all working age > Americans were employed. So how can Barack Obama and the > mainstream media claim that the employment situation in the United States > is getting better? The employment rate is still essentially exactly where > it was when the last recession supposedly ended.**** > > *#8* Back in 1950, more than 80 > percent<http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS12300001>of all > men in the United States had jobs. Today, less > than 65 percent > <http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS12300001>of all men in > the United States have jobs. > **** > > *#9* In 1962, 28 percent of all jobs in America were manufacturing jobs. In > 2011, only 9 > percent<http://finance.yahoo.com/news/farewell-u-factories-021022422.html>of > all jobs in America were manufacturing jobs. > **** > > *#10* In some areas of Detroit, Michigan you can buy a three bedroom home for > just > $500<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134705/After-bargain-Own-bed...> > .**** > > *#11* According to one recent survey, approximately one-third of all > Americans<http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/business/11698828-420/one-in-three-ame...>are > not paying their bills on time at this point. > **** > > *#12* Since Barack Obama entered the White House, the price of gasoline has > risen by more than 100 > percent<http://www.republican.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/our-view?ID=e33a7a5...> > .**** > > *#13* The student loan debt bubble continues to expand at a very > frightening pace. Recently it was announced that total student loan debt in > the United States has passed the one trillion dollar > mark<http://www.consumerfinance.gov/blog/too-big-to-fail-student-debt-hits...> > .**** > > *#14* Incredibly, one out of every four > jobs<http://www.mybudget360.com/low-wage-america-middle-class-incomes-and-...>in > the United States pays $10 an hour or less at this point. > **** > > *#15* Household incomes all over the United States continue to fall. After > adjusting for inflation, median household income in America has declined by > 7.8 > percent<http://economy.money.cnn.com/2012/03/06/economy-improves-incomes-dont/>since > December 2007. > **** > > *#16* Over the past several decades, government dependence has risen to > unprecedented heights in the United States. The following is how I > described the explosive growth of social welfare benefits in one recent > article<http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/25-signs-that-middle-clas...> > ....**** > > *Back in 1960, social welfare benefits made up approximately 10 > percent<http://www.cnbc.com/id/41969508>of all salaries and wages. In > the year 2000, social welfare benefits made > up approximately 21 percent <http://www.cnbc.com/id/41969508> of all > salaries and wages. Today, social welfare benefits make up approximately 35 > percent <http://www.cnbc.com/id/41969508> of all salaries and wages.***** > > *#17* In November 2008, 30.8 million Americans were on food stamps. Today, > more > than 46 million <http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/34snapmonthly.htm> Americans > are on food stamps.**** > > *#18* Right now, more than 25 > percent<http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/45-signs-that-america-will-...>of > all American children are on food stamps. > **** > > *#19* According to the U.S. Census Bureau, today 49 > percent<http://news.investors.com/Article/598993/201201260805/entitlements-so...>of > all Americans live in a home that receives some form of benefits from > the federal government.**** > > *#20* Over the next 75 years, Medicare is facing unfunded liabilities of > more than 38 trillion dollars. That comes to > $328,404<http://cnsnews.com/news/article/medicare-faces-unfunded-liability-386...>for > each and every household in the United States. > **** > > *#21* During the first quarter of 2012, U.S. public debt rose by 359.1 > billion > dollars<http://www.zerohedge.com/news/chart-day-change-q1-american-debt-and-gdp>. > U.S. GDP only rose by 142.4 billion dollars.**** > > *#22* At this point, the U.S. national debt is rising by more than 2 > million > dollars<http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/barack-obama-lets-steal-150...>every > single minute. > **** > > *#23* The U.S. national debt has risen by more than 5 trillion > dollars<http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np>since > the day that Barack Obama first took office. In a little more than 3 > years Obama has added more to the national debt than the first 41 > presidents combined.**** > > *#24* The Federal Reserve bought up approximately 61 > percent<http://www.moneynews.com/Headline/fed-debt-Treasury/2012/03/28/id/434106>of > all government debt issued by the U.S. Treasury Department during > 2011. > **** > > *#25* The Federal > Reserve<http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/category/federal-reserve>continues > to systematically destroy the value of the U.S. dollar. Since > 1970, the U.S. dollar has lost more than 83 > percent<http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/inflation-is-a-tax-and-th...>of > its value. > **** > > But the horrible economic statistics only tell part of the story.**** > > In communities all over America there is a feeling that something > fundamental has changed. Businesses that have been around for generations > are shutting their doors and there is a lot of fear in the air. The > following is a brief excerpt from a recent interview with Richard > Yamarone<http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/4/26...>, > the senior economist at Bloomberg Brief....**** > > *You have to listen to what the small businesses are telling you and right > now they are telling you, ‘Hey, I’m the head of a 3rd or 4th generation, 75 > or 100 year old business, and I’ve got to shut the doors’ or ‘I’ve got to > let people go. And if I’m hiring anybody back, it’s only on a temporary > basis.’***** > > *Sometimes they do this through a hiring firm so that they can sidestep > paying unemployment benefit insurance. So that’s what’s really going on at > the grassroots level of the economy. Very, very, grossly different from > what you’re seeing in some of these numbers coming out in earnings > releases.”***** > > All over the country, millions of hard working Americans are desperately > looking for work. They have been told that "the recession is over", but > they are still finding it incredibly difficult to find anyone that will > hire them. The following example is from a recent CNN > article<http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/27/opinion/smiley-west-u-s-poverty/index.h...> > ....**** > > *Joann Cotton, a 54-year-old Columbus, Mississippi, resident, was one of > those faces of poverty we met on the tour. Unemployed for three years, > Joann has gone from making "$60,000 a year to less than $15,000 overnight." > Her husband is disabled and dependent on medicines the couple can no longer > afford. They rely on food stamps, which, Joann says, "is depressing as > hell."***** > > *Receiving government aid, however, has not been as depressing as her job > search. Joann says she has applied for at least 300 jobs. Even though she > can barely afford gas, she drives to the interviews only to learn that the > employers want to hire younger candidates at low wages.***** > > *The experiences have taken a toll: "I've aged 10 years in the three years > that I've been looking for a job," Joann told us. "I want to get a job so I > can just relax and exhale ... but I can't. After a while you just give up."* > **** > > Meanwhile, Barack Obama and his family continue to live the high life at > the expense of the U.S. taxpayer.**** > > Even many Democrats are starting to get very upset about this. The > following is from a recent article by Paul > Bedard<http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/04/vac...> > ....**** > > *Blue collar Democratic voters, stuck taking depressing “staycations” > because they can’t afford gas and hotels, are resentful of the first > family’s 17 lavish vacations around the world and don’t want their tax > dollars paying for the Obamas’ holidays, according to a new analysis of > swing voters.***** > > It simply is not appropriate for the Obamas to be spending millions upon > millions upon millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars on luxury vacations when so > many Americans are deeply suffering.**** > > But Barack Obama does not want you to know about any of this stuff.**** > > He just wants you to buy his empty propaganda one more time so that he can > continue to occupy the White House for another four years**** > > ** ** > > _ > > image001.png > < 1KViewDownload > > image002.png > < 1KViewDownload > > image003.jpg > 17KViewDownload
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