ANOTHER YEAR OLDER, IF ONLY YOU WERE ANOTHER YEAR WISER THEN THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE
| $14.3 Trillion: | Current National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| $3.7 Trillion: | Amount Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| $2.6 Trillion: | True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Office Of The Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives, Report, 1/6/11) |
| $1.75 Trillion: | Annual Cost Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010) |
| $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) |
| $1.15 Trillion: | American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| $973 Billion: | Federal Budget Deficit For The First Nine Months Of FY2011 (CBO, 7/8/11) |
| $831 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) |
| $491.7 Billion: | Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 3/18/10; Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/20/10) |
| $160 Billion: | Taxpayer Funds For Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac.(Bloomberg, 6/13/11) |
| $108.7 Billion: | Projected Cost Of New Regulations For FY2011.(American Action Network, 7/8/11) |
| $24 Billion: | Stimulus Funds Sent To Tax Cheats. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011) |
| 45.7 Million: | Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (Department Of Agriculture, 8/1/11) |
| $18 Million: | Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.gov. (ABC News’ “The Note“ Blog, 7/8/09) |
| 14.0 Million: | Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 8.6 Million: | Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 6.8 Million: | Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office.(RealtyTrac, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 6.3 Million: | Americans Unemployed 27 Weeks Or Longer. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 3.8 Million: | Increase In The Number Of People Who Were In Poverty In 2009 Over 2008. (NPR, 9/16/10) |
| 3.2 Million: | Workers Granted Waivers So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plan.(HHS.gov, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 2.5 Million: | Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 2.0 Million: | Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 1.8 Million: | Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 1.35 Million: | Amount Former Wall Street Lobbyists Bundled For Obama And the DNC. (OpenSecrets.org, 7/22/11) |
| 1.3 Million: | Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 1.0 Million: | Construction Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office.(Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 982,000: | Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 852,000: | Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| 709,303: | Personal Bankruptcies During First Half Of 2011.(The Wall Street Journal, 7/5/11) |
| 633,500: | Avoided Foreclosure Through HAMP, Obama Had Promised To Help As Many As Nine Million. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/1/11; President Obama,Remarks In Mesa, AZ, 2/18/09) |
| $278,000: | Cost Per A Stimulus Job. (The Weekly Standard, 7/6/11) |
| 89,000: | The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/7/10) |
| $46,453: | Your Share Of The National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 8/3/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 8/3/11) |
| $15,500: | Annual Cost Per Household Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010) |
| 2020: | Year That The CBO Predicts Medicare’s Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (CBO, 3/18/11) |
| 408: | Number Of Regulations Proposed By Obama During First Two Years That Have An Economic Impact Of Over $100 Million. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011) |
| 244: | Bundlers Who Accounted For 40 Percent Of Obama’s 2nd Quarter Fundraising Haul. (Politico, 7/15/11) |
| 90%: | Americans Describe The State Of The Nation’s Economy As “Not So Good” Or “Poor.”(Washington Post-ABC News Poll, 7/14-17/11) |
| 80%: | Small Businesses That Could Be Forced To Change Health Care Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (The Washington Post, 6/15/10) |
| 79%: | 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) |
| 59%: | Americans Think The Economy Will Be Poor This Time Next Year. The Highest CNN Has Recorded Since First Asking The Question In 1997.(CNN/ORC Poll, 7/18-20/11) |
| 54%: | Say Their Finances Are Not So Good Or Poor.(Bloomberg, 7/7/11) |
| 16.2%: | Workers Unemployed Or Underemployed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 7/8/11) |
| 9.2%: | Unemployment Rate. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 7/8/11) |
| 3.6%: | Inflation Rate During The Last 12 Months. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/6/11) |
| 1: | Budget Speeches The CBO Can’t Score.(Committee On The Budget, U.S. House Hearing,, 6/23/11) |
| 1/3: | Portion Of Obama’s Fundraising That Came From Wall Street Bankers. (Reuters, 7/22/11) |
| 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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