These Kinds of Changes I Could do Without

A friend sent me this chart today and I hope everyone looks and think about this President, regardless of your party participation....(I put this on my Drastic Measures Page, because the findings are drastic, indeed!)

After two years of Obama...Here's your change
 January 2009
 TODAY
 % chg
 Source

Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
 $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

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

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. Military (curr = 12/10 prelim)
 2,779,000
 2,840,000
 2.2%
 3

Real median household income (2008 v 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
 2,600,000
 6,400,000
 146.2%
 3

Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009)
 13.2%
 14.3%
 8.3%
 4

People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)
 39,800,000
 43,600,000
 9.5%
 4

U.S.. Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings
 5
 9
 n/a
 10

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 prelim)
 1,575.1
 1,865.7
 18.4%
 13

U.S.. Money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)
 8,310.9
 8,852.3
 6.5%
 13

National debt, in trillions
 $10..627
 $14..052
 32.2%
 14

Just take this last item:  In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history..  Over 27 times as fast. 
Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (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