Changes since 2009
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Editor,
Here’s some items gathered from various news sources. Since January 2009, the following has happened:
—The national debt has more than doubled to almost $19 trillion.
—More than 93 million Americans are out of the work force.
—Labor participation rate is the lowest since 1979.
—The United States has lost more than 1 million manufacturing jobs, an average of almost 12,000 per month.
—Annual median income is almost $3,000 less per person than in 2009.
—More people quit looking for work each month than are added to payrolls.
—More than 48 million people are on food stamps, almost double the number seven years ago.
—Approximately 1,400 Democrats at the federal, state, county and local levels have been voted out of office, nationwide.
—Annual gross domestic product “growth” has averaged 1.8 percent, lowest in decades. A “robust” economy is considered to grow at a rate of at least 3 percent.
—There has been a significant increase in the homicide rate in the inner cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
—More than 70 percent of Americans feel the country is on the “wrong track,” an all-time high.
—More than 30 million remain uninsured for healthcare, more than the number seven years ago.
Who has been the president of the United States since January 2009?
Asked and answered.
Jack Cummings
Polson
