Anyone have a side-by-side slide or photo of the economic numbers and pol issues when BO came into

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Hmm

I think the official poverty rate was around 13% in 2008, somewhere around 16% now, iirc.

And the workforce participation rate hit a 36 year low earlier this year, although admittedly that actually makes the 'unemployment' number look better.

Average gas price according to historical charts at gasbuddy.com are a bit funky, but seem to show an average price of just over $2 a gallon just before the president was elected, that then climbed steadily during his first term to almost $4 a gallon, then have simply seesawed around an average of mid $3 prices for the last 3-4 years.

Let's see, military suicides each year have almost tripled since 2008.

I haven't come across civilian deaths from drone strikes, yet, but I bet they've climbed quite a bit.

And I heard the administration has prosecuted more people for leaking info than the past five administrations put together, although I'd like to see that written down, since I know the talking heads frequently misstate these sorts of things.

And of course, we've found that 93% of the 'recovery' went to the obscenely wealthy, while average Americans paychecks have actually declined. as many of the 'new' jobs created have paid less than the 'old' jobs people lost.

Is that the sort of 'etc' you're looking for? Or did you only want positive spin numbers?