So, I thought I would help everybody answer this question. I compiled these statistics from the official Federal Government sources. Trust me, it took time and I did my homework. These statistics are for the current date of 9/4/2012 compared to 9/4/2008.
"ARE WE BEETER OFF TODAY THAN WE WERE 4 YEARS AGO?"
National Debt 2012 - $15,999,000,000,000 (should click to $16 Trillion within the next 48 hours)
National Debt 2008 - $10,300,000,000,000
Are we better off with $6,000,000,000,000 more debt? Absolutely NOT!
Debt to Taxpayer 2012 - $140,010 per taxpayer
Debt to Taxpayer 2008 - $94,334 per taxpayer
Are we better off with $45,676 more debt per taxpayer? Absolutely NOT!
Actual Unemployed 2012 - 23,058,163
Actual Unemployed 2008 - 13,525,550
Are we better off with 9,532,613 more unemployed people? Absolutely NOT!
Federal employees 2012 - 4,353,782
Federal Employees 2008 - 2,110,066
Are we better off with 2,243,716 more Federal Employees? Absolutely NOT!
(Note here, David Axelrod, Obama's campaign advisor, said last Sunday that the number of Federal Employees is less than 2008. David, do your homework! I did.)
US Work Force 2012 - 142,814,009
US Work Force 2008 - 154,731,205
Are we better off with 11,917,196 fewer people in the work force? Absolutely NOT!
Food Stamp Recipients 2012 - 46,676,662
Food Stamp Recipients 2008 - 31,808,653
Are we better off with 14,868,009 more Food Stamp Recipients? Absolutely NOT!
Bankruptcies 2012 -1,330,089
Bankruptcies 2008 -1,086,130
Are we better off with 243,959 more bankruptcies? Absolutely NOT!
Foreclosures 2012 - 888,954
Foreclosures 2008 - 850,213
Are we better off with 38,741 more foreclosures? Absolutely NOT!
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