Heckuva job, Georgy.
'01 v '08, via First Read...
UNEMPLOYMENT RATEThen: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001)DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008)Then: 10,587 (close of Friday, Jan. 19, 2001)BUSH FAVORABILITY RATING
Now: 9,015 (close of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)Then: 50% (1/01 NBC/WSJ poll)CHENEY FAVORABILITY RATING
Now: 31% (12/08 NBC/WSJ poll)Then: 49% (1/01 NBC/WSJ poll)CONGRESS APPROVAL RATING
Now: 21% (12/08 NBC/WSJ poll)Then: 48% (1/01 NBC/WSJ poll)SATISFIED WITH THE NATION'S DIRECTION
Now: 21% (12/08 NBC/WSJ poll)Then: 45% (1/01 NBC/WSJ poll)CONSUMER CONFIDENCE (1985=100)
Now: 26% (12/08 NBC/WSJ poll)Then: 115.7 (Conference Board, January 2001)FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY
Now: 38.0, which is an all-time low (Conference Board, December 2008)Then: 6.4 million (Census numbers for 2000)AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
Now: 7.6 million (Census numbers for 2007 -- most recent numbers available)Then: 39.8 million (Census numbers for 2000)U.S. BUDGET
Now: 45.7 million (Census numbers for 2007 -- most recent available)Then: +236.2 billion (2000, Congressional Budget Office)Epic fail.
Now: -$1.2 trillion (projected figure for 2009, Congressional Budget Office)
Labels: Budget Deficit, Economy, Fail, George W. Bush, Jobs, Polls, Poverty
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