* When Barack Obama entered the White House, the average price of a gallon of gasoline was $1.85. Today, it is $3.59.
* It is hard to believe, but today the poverty rate for children living in the United States is a whopping 22 percent.
* According to U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, an average of 23 manufacturing facilities permanently shut down in the United States every single day during 2010.
* Back in 2007, about 10 percent of all unemployed Americans had been out of work for 52 weeks or longer. Today, that number is above 30 percent.
* The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.
* U.S. housing prices are now down a total of 35 percent from the peak of the housing bubble.
* The official U.S. unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for 40 months in a row.
* According to one survey, 42 percent of all American workers are currently living paycheck to paycheck.
* Shockingly, at this point 48 percent of all Americans are either considered to be "low income" or are living in poverty.
* Back in 2007, about 10 percent of all unemployed Americans had been out of work for 52 weeks or longer. Today, that number is above 30 percent.
* The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased
by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.
* U.S. housing prices are now down a total of 35 percent from the peak of the housing bubble.
* The official U.S. unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for 40 months in a row.
* According to one survey, 42 percent of all American workers are currently living paycheck to paycheck.
* Shockingly, at this point 48 percent of all Americans are either considered to be "low income" or are living in poverty.
* Today, an astounding 49.1 percent of all Americans live in a home where at least one person receives benefits from the government.
* Last year, an astounding 53 percent of all U.S. college graduates under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.
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