$3.59 – When Barack Obama entered the White House, the average price of a gallon of gasoline was $1.85. Today, it is$3.59.<\/p>\n
22 – It is hard to believe, but today the poverty rate for children living in the United States is a whopping 22 percent.<\/p>\n
23 – According to U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, an average of 23 manufacturing facilities permanently shut down in the United States every single day during 2010.<\/p>\n
30 – Back in 2007, about 10 percent of all unemployed Americans had been out of work for 52 weeks or longer. Today, that number is above 30 percent.<\/p>\n
32 – The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.<\/p>\n
35 – U.S. housing prices are now down a total of 35 percent from the peak of the housing bubble.<\/p>\n
40 – The official U.S. unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for 40 months in a row.<\/p>\n
42 – According to one survey, 42 percent of all American workers are currently living paycheck to paycheck.<\/p>\n
48 – Shockingly, at this point 48 percent of all Americans are either considered to be \u201clow income\u201d or are living in poverty.<\/p>\n
49 – Today, an astounding 49.1 percent of all Americans live in a home where at least one person receives benefits from the government.<\/p>\n
53 – Last year, an astounding 53 percent of all U.S. college graduates under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.<\/p>\n
60 – According to a recent Gallup poll, only 60 percent of all Americans say that they have enough money to live comfortably.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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If the president intends to run on his record, he has a lot of numbers that his campaign is going to try and hide from you (or blame Bush, I suppose).<\/p>\n