If there were a trade off of some type, if we had achieved some great national goal, something along the line of winning world war two, that would offset the deplorable condition we find our Nation in, it would be easier to accept and to recover from.
That isn’t the case, in fact, in every aspect of American life, even down to what we once thought were our unassailable God-given rights as Sovereign Citizens, the country is in worse shape than it was when Barack Hussein Obama first took over.
The folks at IJReview put together a short, seven point list that illustrates the dire condition of our nation. While Obama still insists on calling what we are experiencing now a recovery, the reality doesn’t quite match that definition. The differences are stark.
In each instance, the rate under the last year of Bush’s presidency is compared with the most recent full year of Obama’s 2008 versus 2013.
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Full time workers: 120 million vs. 116 million
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Workforce participation: 66% vs. 63.2%
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Home ownership: 70% vs. 62%
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Median income: $55,484 vs. $52,098
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Poverty rate: 13% vs. 15%
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People on food stamps: 31.6 million vs. 47.8 million
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Debt-to-GDP: 64.8% vs. 101.6%