eric82oslo
Junior Chimp
Posts: 5,501
Political Matrix E: -6.00, S: -5.65
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« on: October 08, 2014, 07:04:56 PM » |
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Peak unemployment, October 2009: 10 percent Unemployment rate now: 5.9 percent Consecutive private sector job growth: 55 months Private sector jobs created: 10.3 million Federal deficit, 2009: 9.8 percent of GDP Deficit in 2013: 4.1 percent of GDP Average under Ronald Reagan: 4.2 percent of GDP Average tax rate for highest earners 2008: 28.1 percent Average tax rate for highest earners 2013: 33.6 percent Banks regulated as too big to fail, 2009: 0 Banks regulated as "systemically important financial institutions" — a.k.a. too big to fail — 2014: 29 Billions returned to consumers by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement: $4.6 billion Americans compensated for being swindled by banks, lenders and credit card companies: 15 million Dow Jones close, inauguration day 2009: 7,949 Dow Jones yesterday: 16,719 Required MPG (miles per gallon) for cars when Obama took office: 27.5 Required MPG for light trucks/SUVs when Obama took office: 23 MPG requirement by 2016 for cars, light trucks/SUVs: 35.5 MPG required by 2025: 54.5 Gigawatts of wind power installed when Obama took office: 25 Gigawatts of wind power installed through end of 2013: 61 Peak summertime solar power generation June 2008: 128 gigawatt hours Peak summertime solar power generation June 2014: 2,061 gigawatt hours Coal burned in electrical generation 2008: 1 billion short tons Coal burned in electrical generation 2013: 858 million short tons Reduction: 14.2 percent EPA-proposed CO2 reductions for power sector by 2030: 30 percent Pell grant funding 2008-2009: $18 billion Pell grant funding 2013-2014: $33 billion Adults gaining insurance under first year of Obamacare: 10.3 million As a percentage of the uninsured: 26 Annual cost for birth control prior to Obamacare: Up to $600 Annual cost for birth control under Obamacare-compliant policies: $0 Prescriptions now required to obtain emergency contraception: 0 2009 projection for Medicare going broke: 2017 2014 projection for Medicare going broke: 2030 Troops in Iraq, inauguration day 2009: 144,000 Troops in Iraq today: 1,600 Osama bin Ladens alive 2009: 1 Osama bin Ladens alive 2014: 0 Troops in Afghanistan, day, 2009: 34,400 Troops pledged in Afghanistan by end of 2014: 9,800 Guantánamo detainees inauguration day 2009: 242 Gitmo detainees today: 149 Drug offenders eligible to seek early release under new sentencing guidelines: 46,000 States with medical marijuana, 2009: 13 Jurisdictions with medical marijuana today: 23 states, plus Washington, D.C. States with legal recreational pot 2009: 0 States with legal recreational pot today: 2 Jurisdictions with marijuana legalization on the ballot in 2014: Alaska, Oregon, Washington D.C. States where gay marriage was legal inauguration day 2009: Massachusetts, Connecticut States where gay marriage is legal: 24, plus Washington, D.C. (soon to be 30 plus D.C., following Supreme Court refusal to intervene) Immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children now shielded from deportation: 800,000
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