Obama By The Numbers: Stimulus You Won’t Believe
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$45.1 Trillion:
Total Federal Spending Proposed By Obama’s FY2012 Budget Through 2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$24.0 Trillion:
Projected Federal Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$14.9 Trillion:
Current National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 10/5/11)
$9.1 Trillion:
Amount Obama’s FY2012 Budget Would Add To The Debt Through FY2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$6.4 Trillion:
Cumulative Deficits Caused By President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)
$5.2 Trillion:
Total Interest Payments On The National Debt Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget, FY2012-2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$4.2 Trillion:
Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 10/6/11)
$2.6 Trillion:
True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Office Of The Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives, Report, 1/6/11)
$1.75 Trillion:
Annual Cost Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
$1.57 Trillion:
Tax Hikes In Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)
$1.416 Trillion:
Federal Budget Deficit For FY2009 – Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)
$1.334 Trillion:
Projected FY2012 Budget Deficit Under Obama’s “Deficit Reduction” Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)
$1.298 Trillion:
Federal Budget Deficit For FY2011 – Second Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/11)
$1.294 Trillion:
Federal Budget Deficit For FY2010 – Third Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)
$1.17 Trillion:
Total Cost Of Obama’s First Stimulus With Interest. (CBO, 8/24/11, CBO, 1/27/09)
$1.17 Trillion:
American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 10/6/11)
$763 Billion:
Net Interest Payment On Our National Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$825 Billion:
Price Tag Of Obama’s First Failed Stimulus. (CBO, 8/24/11)
$575 Billion:
Amount Of Medicare Cuts In ObamaCare. (CMS Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster, Memo, 4/22/10)
$491.7 Billion:
Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 3/18/10; Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/2/10)
$447 Billion:
Price Tag Of Obama’s Second Stimulus. (WhiteHouse.gov, 9/8/11)
$347.1 Billion:
Debt Service Costs For Borrowing To Pay For Obama’s First Stimulus. (CBO, 1/27/09)
$175 Billion:
Increased Spending In Obama’s Second Stimulus. (CBO, 10/5/11)
$170 Billion:
Taxpayer Funds For Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac. (Bloomberg, 8/5/11)
$105 Billion:
Projected Cost Of New Regulations For 2011. (American Action Network, 9/30/11)
$24 Billion:
Stimulus Funds Sent To Tax Cheats. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)
$535 Million:
Stimulus Loan To The Failed Solar Company Solyndra. (The Oakland Tribune, 11/4/10)
81.9 Million:
Annual Paperwork Burden Hours Imposed By Regulators In 2011. (American Action Network, 9/30/11)
46.2 Million:
Record Number Of Americans Living In Poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
45.3 Million:
Record Number Of Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (Department Of Agriculture, 9/29/11)
$18 Million:
Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.org. (ABC News’ “The Note“ Blog, 7/8/09)
14.0 Million:
Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
9.3 Million:
Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
7.3 Million:
Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac, Accessed 10/6/11)
6.2 Million:
Americans Unemployed 27 Weeks Or Longer. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
4.0 Million:
Mortgages Either 90 Days Late Or In Foreclosure During August. (Lender Processing Services, 10/3/11)
3.4 Million:
Workers Granted Waivers So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plan. (HHS.gov, Accessed 10/6/11)
2.6 Million:
Number Of Americans That Fell Into Poverty Between 2009 And 2010. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
2.2 Million:
Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
1.6 Million:
Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
1.5 Million:
Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
1.59 Million:
Personal Bankruptcies In 2010. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)
$1.5 Million:
Stimulus Funds Sent To Indonesia To Discourage Air Pollution In Jakarta. (The Daily Caller, 7/7/11)
1.47 Million:
Personal Bankruptcies In 2009. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)
1.0 Million:
Construction Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
1.0 Million:
Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
911,000:
Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
818,000:
Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
709,303:
Personal Bankruptcies During First Half Of 2011. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/5/11)
690,969:
Avoided Foreclosure Through HAMP, Obama Had Promised To Help As Many As Nine Million. (Los Angeles Times, 10/5/11; President Obama, Remarks In Mesa, AZ, 2/18/09)
$278,000:
Cost Per A Stimulus Job. (The Weekly Standard, 7/6/11)
170,300:
Number Of Local Government Education Jobs Lost Since Obama Signed A $10 Billion Teacher Union Bailout He Said Would Save 160,000 Teacher Jobs. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11; The Washington Post, 8/10/10)
89,000:
The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/7/10)
81,405:
Record Number Of Pages Added To The Federal Register In 2010. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
57,700:
Number Of Heavy And Civil Engineering Construction Jobs Lost Since The Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
$48,120:
Your Share Of The National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 10/6/11)
45,696:
Pages Of New Rules Added To The Federal Register During Obama’s First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
$26,668:
Amount Obama’s FY2012 Budget Would Add To Your Share Of The National Debt By 2021. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/7/11; OMB, 9/1/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 10/7/11)
23,000:
The Number Of Jobs Obama Knew His Drilling Moratorium Would Kill. (The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/10)
$15,500:
Annual Cost Per Household Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
$13,700:
Increase In Your Share Of The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 10/6/11)
$11,300:
Negative Effect Of Debt On Gross National Product Per Person In 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)
$10,585:
Cost Per Employee That Federal Regulations Place On Small Businesses. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
3,700:
Number Of Tax Delinquents Who Received Stimulus Funds. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)
2060:
Year Federal Spending Will Reach 50 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)
2037:
Year That Federal Debt Will Reach 200 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)
2036:
Year That The Social Security Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (The Trustees Of Social Security & Medicare, 5/10/11)
2020:
Year That The CBO Predicts Medicare’s Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (CBO, 3/18/11)
1,603:
Number Of Regulations That Would Impact Small Businesses Proposed By Obama Administration In First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
1,578:
Number Of Waivers Granted To Unions And Businesses So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plans. (HHS.gov, Accessed 10/6/11)
1,000:
Number Of Jobs Obama’s NLRB Is Trying To Kill In South Carolina. (The Denver Post, 5/2/11)
408:
Number Of Regulations Proposed By Obama During First Two Years That Have An Economic Impact Of Over $100 Million. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
300:
Taxpayer-Subsidized Chevy Volts Sold In August. (CNNMoney, 9/29/11)
102%:
Total Federal Debt As A Share Of GDP. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11; Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 10/6/11)
82%:
Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP In 2021. (CBO, 8/24/11)
81%:
Americans Dissatisfied With The Way Things Are Going. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)
80%:
Small Businesses That Could Be Forced To Change Health Care Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (The Washington Post, 6/15/10)
79%:
Stimulus Funds For Wind, Solar And Geothermal Energy Projects That Went To Foreign Firms. (Investigating Reporting Workshop/ABC’s World News Tonight/Watchdog Institute, 2/8/10)
77%:
Americans That Believe We Are Currently In A Recession. (Politico, 10/6/11)
73:
Number Of Bank Failures This Year. (FDIC, 9/30/11)
68.6%:
Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP By End Of The Year. (OMB, 9/19/11)
64%:
Voters Who Disapprove Of Obama’s Handling Of The Economy. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)
55%:
Americans That Disapprove Of Obama’s Handling Of The Presidency, The Highest Level Since Taking Office. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)
48.5%:
Households That Receive Some Form Of Government Assistance. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)
44.8%:
Top Tax Rate By 2014 Under Obama’s FY2012 Budget. (The Washington Post, 5/16/11)
43%:
Americans That Believe Their Taxes Will Go Up If Obama Is Reelected. (Quinnipiac Poll, 2118 RV, MoE 2.1%, 9/27-10/3/11)
40.5:
Number Of Weeks That It Takes To Find A Job. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
39.8%:
Increase In National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 10/6/11)
34.2%:
Households That Receive Either Food Stamps, Subsidized Housing, Cash Welfare Or Medicaid. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)
32.4%:
Unemployed Workers Out Of Work For Over A Year. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
32:
Record Number Of Straight Months With Unemployment Rate Above 8 Percent. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
31%:
Share Of Existing Home Sales In August That Were Distressed Properties (Foreclosures And Short Sales). (National Association Of Realtors, 9/21/11)
25.9%:
Federal Spending As A Share Of GDP By 2021. (CBO, 6/22/11)
23%:
Home Loans Underwater (Negative Equity) In August. (Lender Processing Services, 10/3/11)
18%:
Amount GNP Would Be Lowered Due To Debt’s Effect On Economic Growth By 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)
17%:
Cut To Medicare Benefits When Trust Fund Is Exhausted. (House Ways & Means Committee Hearing, 6/22/11)
16.5%:
Workers Unemployed Or Underemployed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
15.1%:
Americans Living In Poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
11%:
Americans That Think The Economy Is Improving. (Politico, 10/6/11)
9.1%:
Unemployment Rate. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 10/7/11)
8.13%:
Percent Of Home Loans Delinquent In August. (Lender Processing Services, 10/3/11)
5.1%:
Decline In Median Home Sale Price In The Last Year. (National Association Of Realtors, 9/21/11)
3.6%:
Inflation Rate During The Last 12 Months. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/6/11)
3:
Record +$1 Trillion Deficits On Obama’s Watch. (CBO, 10/7/11)
2.3%:
Decline In Median Household Income In 2010. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
2.2%:
Residential Investment In Second Quarter, Lowest Level Since 1945. (The Wall Street Journal’s “Real Time Economics,” 10/1/11)
1.3%:
GDP Growth In The Second Quarter Of 2011. (Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 10/6/11)
0.4%:
GDP Growth In The First Quarter Of 2011. (Bureau Of Economic Analysis, Accessed 10/6/11)
0:
Number Of Co-Sponsors For Obama’s Second Stimulus. (American Jobs Act Of 2011, Accessed10/10/11)
0:
Other People Obama Will Have Left To Blame For The Failures Of His Economic Policies In 2012. (The American People, 11/6/12)
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