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So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by Dr Exile » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:45 am

Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) Jan "09, $43.48 Today, $99.02 127.7% 2


Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) Jan "09, $38.74 Today, $91.38 135.9% 2


Gold: London (per troy oz.) Jan "09, $853.25 Today, $1,369.50 60.5% 2


Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL Jan "09, $3.56 Today, $6.33 78.1% 2


Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL Jan "09, $9.66 Today, $13..75 42.3% 2


Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob Jan "09, $13.37 Today, $35.39 164.7% 2


Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall Jan "09, 7.6% Today, 9.4% 23.7% 3


Unemployment rate, blacks Jan "09, 12.6% Today, 15.8% 25.4% 3


Number of unemployed Jan "09, 11,616,000 Today, 14,485,000 24.7% 3


Number of fed. Employees Jan "09, 2,779,000 Today, 2,840,000 2.2% 3


Real median household income Jan "09, $50,112 Today, $49,777 -0.7% 4


Number of food stamp recipients Jan "09, 31,983,716 Today, 43,200,878 35.1% 5


Number of unemployment benefit recipients Jan "09, 7,526,598 Today, 9,193,838 22.2% 6


Number of long-term unemployed Jan "09, 2,600,000 Today, 6,400,000 146.2% 3


Poverty rate, individuals Jan "09, 13.2% Today, 14.3% 8.3% 4


People in poverty in U.S. Jan "09, 39,800,000 Today, 43,600,000 9.5% 4


Failed banks Jan "09, 140 Today, 164 17.1% 12


U.S.. Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate Jan "09, 89.76 Today, 82.03 -8.6% 2


U.S.. Money supply, M1, in billions Jan "09, 1,575.1 Today, 1,865.7 18.4% 13


U.S.. Money supply, M2, in billions Jan "09, 8,310.9 Today, 8,852.3 6.5% 13


National debt, in trillions Jan "09, $10..627 Today, $14..052 32.2% 14


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. If you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane 27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH!
Credo quia absurdum.

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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by lkwalker » Sun Nov 13, 2011 1:19 pm

Since there are app. 310 million people in the US and among them just 155 million workers- it stands to reason that the true number of unemployed in the nation stands at 150,000,000 or 50% of the population. The government tells us there are only 11,000,000 unemployed. I'd say that's some pretty serious undercounting right there, eh? Of course the 50% unemployed includes a shitload of old ladies, cripples, maniacs, babies, and other assorted freeloaders. I say that must change if we have any hope of returning to prosperity. As Michelle Bachmann recentlty said, 'if you don't work you don't eat,' indicating that starvation might be one remedy to this cloying problem. You go, girl!
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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by Egg » Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:05 pm

Michele Bachmann thinks America blew it by extending a safety net to millions of Americans under President Johnson’s “Great Society.” Her solution? Model the economy after communist China.
“The ‘Great Society’ has not worked and it’s put us into the modern welfare state,” she said. “If you look at China, they don’t have food stamps. If you look at China, they’re in a very different situation. They save for their own retirement security…They don’t have the modern welfare state and China’s growing. And so what I would do is look at the programs that LBJ gave us with the Great Society and they’d be gone.”

Aside from the basic absurdity of crediting a country that’s still officially communist with avoiding the pitfalls of the welfare state, it’s worth noting that Bachmann’s broad condemnation of LBJ’s legislative record is in open conflict with her own political positions. She has repeatedly positioned herself as a staunch defender of Medicare, the centerpiece of the Great Society programs, and has slammed President Obama for using funds from the Medicare Advantage program to help finance the Affordable Care Act. Her critique of saving for “retirement security” also runs up against her stated support for Social Security.

“Social Security and Medicare provide a safety net to millions of Americans,” an issues page on her website reads. “This is a system that many Americans have paid into their whole life. America needs to keep its promise to senior citizens.”

It continues:

Unfortunately, many Americans have been unduly frightened by scare talk about alleged attempts to potentially eliminate these programs. Michele understands the concerns of seniors who have been frightened into thinking that their Social Security could be taken away. As President, she will ensure that any reform to Social Security or Medicare will only affect those 55 and younger, and she will work to find a way to ease the next generation into a program that is solvent, fiscally responsible, and empowering to the individual. Michele has also pledged to protect Medicare by repealing Obamacare.

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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by Pigeon » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:42 pm

She an extremely screwed up excuse for a politician unless double talk is a prime requirement.

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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by lkwalker » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:08 pm

I'm pretty sure she's the Antichrist.
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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by Egg » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:11 pm

Both of you shut up and pack for your trip to China! You've been chosen.


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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by lkwalker » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:24 pm

Can we get separate rooms at least?
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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by Pigeon » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:31 pm

Is air fare included? Sea sickness blows...

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Re: So That's Where My Change Went!

Post by Egg » Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:36 pm

No, you pay and sleep in same bed together, guai lo!


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