“Three full years into the Obama presidency, and there are still 1.7 million fewer Americans going to work today than there were on Obama’s Inauguration Day.”
What’s the real State of the Union? These numbers may tell.
Mike Opelka
The Blaze
1/23/2012
A day before President Obama delivers his 4th State of the Union Address, his political opponents are lining up their responses. Speaker John Boehner is already out with his expectations and even has a pamphlet printed to back up his positions.
It is doubtful that the President and the Speaker will see eye to eye on many things. Presented below are some of the basic statistics about America that make up the real state of our Union. These numbers have been culled from a Washington Times Op-Ed from Joseph Curl…
…Adding to the problems employment plaguing the average American, the cost of living is on the rise:
The price of a gallon of gas when Obama took office was $1.68. Today, the average price of gas is up 102% to $3.38/gallon
Home energy costs have also risen substantially:
- The average American household spends $1420 per year on electricity. The increase is about $300 per year…
Read the entire article at The Blaze
Update: From Caleb Yee for America on Facebook:
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Update 2: Obama vs. Christie and the future New budget cycle will force choice between tax hikes and cuts
Whose job would you want to have? Would it be President Obama’s or Gov. Chris Christie’s in the great state of New Jersey? Would it be President Obama’s, whose budget woes are getting graver, or would it be Mr. Christie’s, whose budget is at least looking to be survivable?
Mr. Obama is facing a choice in his budgetary decisions. Does he raise taxes only on families making $1 million a year, or does he, as he has heretofore promised, raise taxes on families making $250,000? Mr. Christie has had an easier choice. He has promised a 10 percent cut on every New Jerseyite’s income tax bill. He has “stopped the bleeding” in New Jersey. He has cut 375 government programs. He has capped property taxes. He has confronted public employees with reasonable cuts in their bloated health care and pension benefits. It is all part of what he terms “the New Jersey comeback.” New Jersey’s budget was a kind of Ponzi scheme when he came to office, and time was running out. Now he has the budget back on track, and it is time for a tax cut for everyone.
Interestingly, his Democratic opponents in the state legislature say the cut amounts to a pittance. It means a mere $275 for families earning $100,000. Their alternative is a tax increase, but only on millionaires. My guess is that a good number of New Jerseyites will see through this. The Democrats began their binge by raising taxes on the very rich. There was not enough money to pay for their munificence by taxing the very rich. So the Democrats worked their way down to the middle class, and the result was the economic basket case from which Mr. Christie is freeing all New Jerseyites.
President Obama has to make his decision by early next month when he decides on his budget: raise taxes on everyone making more than $250,000 a year or only on millionaires? Of course, in 2010, he took a dreadful drubbing at the polls on taxes, and it could happen again. Some Democrats have agreed with the Republicans. They say people making $200,000 to $250,000 are not making that much money, particularly if you live in a place like New York…
