Mainecoons
12-21-2012, 07:21 PM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-21/75-economic-numbers-2012-are-almost-too-crazy-believe
Here's just the first 16. It gets worse from there.
#1 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%231) In December 2008, 31.6 million Americans were on food stamps. Today, a new all-time record of 47.7 million Americans (http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/34snapmonthly.htm) are on food stamps. That number has increased by more than 50 percent over the past four years, and yet the mainstream media still has the gall to insist that “things are getting better”.
#2 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%232) Back in the 1970s, about one out of every 50 Americans (http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/09/food-stamp-use-reaches-another-high-in-september-47-7-million-participants/) was on food stamps. Today, about one out of every 6.5 Americans is on food stamps.
#3 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%233) According to one calculation (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/23/Exclusive-Food-Stamp-Recipients-Outnumber-Populations-Of-24-States-Combined), the number of Americans on food stamps now exceeds the combined populations of “Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.”
#4 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%234) According to one recent survey, 55 percent (http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/18/news/economy/government-entitlement-aid/index.html?iid=HP_LN) of all Americans have received money from a safety net program run by the federal government at some point in their lives.
#5 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%235) For the first time ever, more than a million (http://www.nlchp.org/view_release.cfm?PRID=148) public school students in the United States are homeless. That number has risen by 57 percent (http://www.nlchp.org/view_release.cfm?PRID=148) since the 2006-2007 school year.
#6 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%236) Median household income in the U.S. has fallen for four consecutive years (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/things-are-getting-worse-median-household-income-has-fallen-4-years-in-a-row). Overall, it has declined by over $4000 during that time span.
#7 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%237) Families that have a head of household under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent (http://lrfuller.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/the-generation-that-never-stood-a-chance/).
#8 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%238) The percentage of working age Americans with a job has been under 59 percent for 39 months in a row (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/unemployment-is-not-going-down-the-employment-rate-has-been-under-59-percent-for-39-months-in-a-row).
#9 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%239) In September 2009, during the depths of the last economic crisis, 58.7 percent (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/EMRATIO.txt) of all working age Americans were employed. In November 2012, 58.7 percent (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/EMRATIO.txt) of all working age Americans were employed. It is more then 3 years later, and we are in the exact same place.
#10 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2310) When you total up all working age Americans that do not have a job in America today, it comes to more than 100 million (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/there-are-100-million-working-age-americans-that-do-not-have-jobs).
#11 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2311) According to one recent survey, 55 percent (http://washingtonexaminer.com/55-percent-of-small-business-owners-would-not-start-company-today-blame-obama/article/2509069#.UGS10FG7lAy) of all small business owners in America “say they would not start a business today given what they know now and in the current environment.”
#12 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2312) The number of jobs at new small businesses continues to decline. According to economist Tim Kane (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/we-are-witnessing-the-death-of-small-business-in-america), the following is how the decline in the number of startup jobs per 1000 Americans breaks down by presidential administration (http://www.hudson.org/files/publications/Kane--TheCollapseofStartupsinJobCreation0912web.pdf)…
Bush Sr.: 11.3
Clinton: 11.2
Bush Jr.: 10.8
Obama: 7.8
#13 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2313) The U.S. share of global GDP has fallen from 31.8 percent (http://acrossthestreetnet.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-cost-of-kidding-yourself/) in 2001 to 21.6 percent (http://acrossthestreetnet.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-cost-of-kidding-yourself/) in 2011.
#14 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2314) The United States has fallen in the global economic competitiveness rankings compiled by the World Economic Forum for four years in a row (http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/a-look-behind-the-u-s-decline-in-global-competitiveness/).
#15 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2315) There are four major U.S. banks that each have more than 40 trillion dollars of exposure (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-coming-derivatives-panic-that-will-destroy-global-financial-markets) to derivatives.
#16 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2316) In 2000, there were more than 17 million (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/MANEMP.txt) Americans working in manufacturing, but now there are less than 12 million (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/MANEMP.txt).
Here's just the first 16. It gets worse from there.
#1 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%231) In December 2008, 31.6 million Americans were on food stamps. Today, a new all-time record of 47.7 million Americans (http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/34snapmonthly.htm) are on food stamps. That number has increased by more than 50 percent over the past four years, and yet the mainstream media still has the gall to insist that “things are getting better”.
#2 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%232) Back in the 1970s, about one out of every 50 Americans (http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/09/food-stamp-use-reaches-another-high-in-september-47-7-million-participants/) was on food stamps. Today, about one out of every 6.5 Americans is on food stamps.
#3 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%233) According to one calculation (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/23/Exclusive-Food-Stamp-Recipients-Outnumber-Populations-Of-24-States-Combined), the number of Americans on food stamps now exceeds the combined populations of “Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.”
#4 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%234) According to one recent survey, 55 percent (http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/18/news/economy/government-entitlement-aid/index.html?iid=HP_LN) of all Americans have received money from a safety net program run by the federal government at some point in their lives.
#5 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%235) For the first time ever, more than a million (http://www.nlchp.org/view_release.cfm?PRID=148) public school students in the United States are homeless. That number has risen by 57 percent (http://www.nlchp.org/view_release.cfm?PRID=148) since the 2006-2007 school year.
#6 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%236) Median household income in the U.S. has fallen for four consecutive years (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/things-are-getting-worse-median-household-income-has-fallen-4-years-in-a-row). Overall, it has declined by over $4000 during that time span.
#7 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%237) Families that have a head of household under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent (http://lrfuller.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/the-generation-that-never-stood-a-chance/).
#8 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%238) The percentage of working age Americans with a job has been under 59 percent for 39 months in a row (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/unemployment-is-not-going-down-the-employment-rate-has-been-under-59-percent-for-39-months-in-a-row).
#9 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%239) In September 2009, during the depths of the last economic crisis, 58.7 percent (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/EMRATIO.txt) of all working age Americans were employed. In November 2012, 58.7 percent (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/EMRATIO.txt) of all working age Americans were employed. It is more then 3 years later, and we are in the exact same place.
#10 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2310) When you total up all working age Americans that do not have a job in America today, it comes to more than 100 million (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/there-are-100-million-working-age-americans-that-do-not-have-jobs).
#11 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2311) According to one recent survey, 55 percent (http://washingtonexaminer.com/55-percent-of-small-business-owners-would-not-start-company-today-blame-obama/article/2509069#.UGS10FG7lAy) of all small business owners in America “say they would not start a business today given what they know now and in the current environment.”
#12 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2312) The number of jobs at new small businesses continues to decline. According to economist Tim Kane (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/we-are-witnessing-the-death-of-small-business-in-america), the following is how the decline in the number of startup jobs per 1000 Americans breaks down by presidential administration (http://www.hudson.org/files/publications/Kane--TheCollapseofStartupsinJobCreation0912web.pdf)…
Bush Sr.: 11.3
Clinton: 11.2
Bush Jr.: 10.8
Obama: 7.8
#13 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2313) The U.S. share of global GDP has fallen from 31.8 percent (http://acrossthestreetnet.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-cost-of-kidding-yourself/) in 2001 to 21.6 percent (http://acrossthestreetnet.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/the-cost-of-kidding-yourself/) in 2011.
#14 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2314) The United States has fallen in the global economic competitiveness rankings compiled by the World Economic Forum for four years in a row (http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/a-look-behind-the-u-s-decline-in-global-competitiveness/).
#15 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2315) There are four major U.S. banks that each have more than 40 trillion dollars of exposure (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-coming-derivatives-panic-that-will-destroy-global-financial-markets) to derivatives.
#16 (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%2316) In 2000, there were more than 17 million (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/MANEMP.txt) Americans working in manufacturing, but now there are less than 12 million (http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/MANEMP.txt).