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America Before President Obama Took Office and Now
Before
Now
Change
Number of Unemployed1
12.0 Million
13.1 Million
+9%
Long-Term Unemployed2
2.7 Million
5.6 Million
+107%
Unemployment Rate3
7.8%
8.5%
+9%
“High Unemployment” States4
22
43
+95%
Misery Index5
7.83
11.46
+46%
Price of Gas6
$1.85
$3.39
+83%
“Typical” Monthly Family Food Cost7
$974
$1,013
+4%
Median Value of Single-Family Home8
$196,600
$169,100
-14%
Rate of Mortgage Delinquencies9
6.62%
10.23%
+55%
U.S. National Debt10
$10.6 Trillion
$15.2 Trillion
+43%
For more, and for references, visit the House Ways and Means Committee website here.
U.S. troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War (1909)
Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the U.S. helping to end the 1979 energy crisis (1981)
b: José Martà (1853); d: Therese Brandl (1947)