Dow Jones up 5585.8 points or +70%
GDP up 8.4%
Consuner Confidence up 27.7%
% who believe the country is headed in the right direction up 15%
Federal Budget Deficit down 21%
Federal spending as a percentage of GDP down .9%
Median sales price of new homes up 15%
Number of U.S. troops in Iraq down more than 99.9%
Then: 139,500 (Jan. 2009) Now: 200 (Jan. 2013)
source: http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/17/16548026-obamas-first-four-years-in-office-then-vs-now?lite
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ReplyDeleteIn Bureau County, 2012, less than 1% of the population was African American. Were you to understand the crisis in African American life,in urban areas particularly, where neighborhood schools have closed and been privatized, African American middle class jobs related to public education have been eliminated, homelessness has spiked due to "urban renewal", you might not be so certain of the sentiment expressed in this photo. Corporate education reform is marketed as "the new civil rights movement" and this photo is a good example of that. http://www.alternet.org/education/punishing-students-not-making-eye-contact-how-charter-schools-prejudiced-policies-continue
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