Obama by the numbers:
$45.1 Trillion: Total Federal Spending Proposed By Obama’s FY2012 Budget Through 2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$24.0 Trillion: Projected Federal Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$15.3 Trillion: Current National Debt ($15,351,406,294,640.49). (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 2/6/12)
$9.1 Trillion: Amount Obama’s FY2012 Budget Would Add To The Debt Through FY2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$6.4 Trillion: Cumulative Deficits Caused By President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)
$5.2 Trillion:Total Interest Payments On The National Debt Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget, FY2012-2021. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$4.7 Trillion: Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 2/3/12)
$2.6 Trillion: True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Office Of The Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives, Report, 1/6/11)
$1.75 Trillion: Annual Cost Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
$1.57 Trillion:Tax Hikes In Obama’s Deficit Reduction Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)
$1.416 Trillion: Federal Budget Deficit For FY2009 – Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)
$1.334 Trillion: Projected FY2012 Budget Deficit Under Obama’s “Deficit Reduction” Proposal. (OMB, 9/19/11)
$1.298 Trillion:Federal Budget Deficit For FY2011 – Second Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/11)
$1.294 Trillion:Federal Budget Deficit For FY2010 – Third Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)
$1.17 Trillion: Total Cost Of Obama’s First Stimulus With Interest. (CBO, 8/24/11, CBO, 1/27/09)
$1.13 Trillion: American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 1/9/12)
$1.079 Trillion: Projected FY2012 CBO Baseline Deficit. (CBO, 1/31/12)
$825 Billion: Price Tag Of Obama’s First Failed Stimulus. (CBO, 8/24/11)
$763 Billion: Net Interest Payment On Our National Debt In 2021 Due To Obama’s Proposed Budget. (OMB, 9/1/11)
$575 Billion: Amount Of Medicare Cuts In ObamaCare. (CMS Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster, Memo, 4/22/10)
$535 Million:Stimulus Loan To The Failed Solar Company Solyndra. (The Oakland Tribune, 11/4/10)
$491.7 Billion: Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 3/18/10; Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/2/10)
$447 Billion: Price Tag Of Obama’s Second Stimulus. (The White House, 9/8/11)
$347.1 Billion: Debt Service Costs For Borrowing To Pay For Obama’s First Stimulus. (CBO, 1/27/09)
$231 Billion: Burden Of New Regulations Imposed In 2011. (American Action Network, 1/2/12)
$175 Billion: Increased Spending In Obama’s Second Stimulus. (CBO, 10/5/11)
$141 Billion: Taxpayer Funds For Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac. (The Hill, 10/27/11)
$23.8 Billion: Amount Government Expects To Lose On Bailouts Of Auto Industry. (The Detroit News, 1/30/12)
$24 Billion: Stimulus Funds Sent To Tax Cheats. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)
$1.3 Billion: Amount Taxpayers Will Not Recover From Bailout Of Chrysler. (FactCheck.org, 6/6/11)
133 Million: Annual Paperwork Burden Hours Imposed By Regulators In 2011. (American Action Network, 1/2/12)
$77.4 Million: Obama Campaign Cash Raised By Bundlers. (ABC News, 1/31/12)
49.1 Million: Number Of Americans Living In Poverty (Supplemental Poverty Measure). (US Census Bureau, 11/7/11)
46.2 Million: Record Number Of Americans Living In Poverty (Official Measure). (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
46.1 Million: Record Number Of Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (Department Of Agriculture, 2/1/12)
$18 Million: Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.org. (ABC News’ “The Note“ Blog, 7/8/09)
$15.6 Million: Amount Obama Has Raised From Wall Street – More Than All The GOP Candidates Combined. (Dan Eggen And T.W. Farnam, “Obama Still Flush With Cash From Financial Sector Despite Frosty Relations,” The Washington Post, 10/19/11; TW Farnam, “MF Global Ties Awkward For Obama Campaign,” The Washington Post, 11/2/11)
12.8 Million: Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
8.2 Million: Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
7.7 Million: Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac, Accessed 1/9/12)
6.3 Million: Number Of Americans That Fell Into Poverty Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
6.2 Million: Number Of Mortgages Either 30 Days Delinquent Or In Foreclosure. (Lender Processing Services, 1/19/12)
5.5 Million: Americans Unemployed 27 Weeks Or Longer. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
$5 Million: Obama Campaign Cash Raised By Bundlers In The Lobbying Industry. (The New York Times, 10/27/11)
3.6 Million: Workers Granted Waivers So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plan. (HHS.gov, Accessed 1/9/12)
2.3 Million: Foreclosure Starts During 2011. (Lender Processing Services, 1/20/12)
1.59 Million: Personal Bankruptcies In 2010. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)
$1.5 Million:Stimulus Funds Sent To Indonesia To Discourage Air Pollution In Jakarta. (The Daily Caller, 7/7/11)
1.47 Million: Personal Bankruptcies In 2009. (United States Courts, 2/15/11)
1.35 Million: Personal Bankruptcies In 2011. (Los Angeles Times, 1/5/12)
1.2 Million: Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
1.1 Million: Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
986,000: Construction Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
690,000: Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
549,000: Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
428,000: Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
$278,000: Cost Per A Stimulus Job. (The Weekly Standard, 7/6/11)
176,000:Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
149,900: Number Of Local Government Education Jobs Lost Since Obama Signed A $10 Billion Teacher Union Bailout He Said Would Save 160,000 Teacher Jobs. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12; The Washington Post, 8/10/10)
89,000: The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/7/10)
81,405: Record Number Of Pages Added To The Federal Register In 2010. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
66,800: Number Of Heavy And Civil Engineering Construction Jobs Lost Since The Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
$49,655: Your Share Of The National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 2/3/12; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 2/3/12)
45,696: Pages Of New Rules Added To The Federal Register During Obama’s First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
23,000:The Number Of Jobs Obama Knew His Drilling Moratorium Would Kill. (The Wall Street Journal, 8/21/10)
$15,500: Annual Cost Per Household From Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
$15,235: Increase In Your Share Of The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 2/3/12; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 2/3/12)
$11,300: Negative Effect Of Debt On Gross National Product Per Person In 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)
$10,585: Cost Per Employee That Federal Regulations Place On Small Businesses. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
3,700: Number Of Tax Delinquents Who Received Stimulus Funds. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)
2060: Year Federal Spending Will Reach 50 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)
2037: Year That Federal Debt Will Reach 200 Percent Of GDP. (CBO, 6/22/11)
2036: Year That The Social Security Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (The Trustees Of Social Security & Medicare, 5/10/11)
2022: Year That The CBO Predicts Medicare’s Trust Fund Will Be Exhausted. (CBO, 1/31/12)
1,722: Number Of Waivers Granted To Unions And Businesses So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plans. (HHS.gov, Accessed 1/9/12)
1,603: Number Of Regulations That Would Impact Small Businesses Proposed By Obama Administration In First Two Years In Office. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
1,014: Days Since Harry Reid’s Senate Has Passed A Budget Resolution. (S. Con. Res. 13, Roll Call 173; 4/29/09)
408: Number Of Regulations Proposed By Obama During First Two Years That Have An Economic Impact Of Over $100 Million. (Competitive Enterprise Institute, 2011)
104: Current Or Former Registered Lobbyists In The Obama Administration. (Center For Responsive Politics, Opensecrets.org, Accessed 2/6/12)
94.2%: Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP In 2021. (CBO, 1/31/12)
92: Number Of Bank Failures In 2011. (FDIC, Accessed 2/3/12)
89%: Americans Who Rate The Economy As “Not So Good” Or “Poor.” (The Washington Post/ABC News Poll, 2/6/12)
80%: Small Businesses That Could Be Forced To Change Health Care Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (NFIB, 7/11)
79%: Stimulus Funds For Wind, Solar And Geothermal Energy Projects That Went To Foreign Firms. (Investigating Reporting Workshop/ABC’s World News Tonight/Watchdog Institute, 2/8/10)
72.5%:Federal Debt Held By The Public As Share Of GDP By End Of The Year. (CBO, 1/31/12)
72%: Americans That Are Worried The Economy Will Get Worse Rather Than Better Over The Next Year. (Gallup, 1/25/12)
70%: Americans That Say The Country Is Headed In The Wrong Direction. (CNN, 12/23/11)
65%: Voters Who Say The Nation Is On The Wrong Track. (CBS, 1/9/12)
57%: Americans Worried That The Value Of Their Home Won’t Increase. (Gallup, 1/25/12)
51%: Americans Worried About Maintaining Their Standard Of Living. (Gallup, 1/25/12)
48.5%: Households That Receive Some Form Of Government Assistance. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)
44.8%: Top Tax Rate By 2014 Under Obama’s FY2012 Budget. (The Washington Post, 5/16/11)
44.5%: Increase In National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 2/3/12)
44%: Americans Who Approve Of Obama’s Handling Of The Economy. (The Washington Post/ABC News Poll, 2/6/12)
40.1: Number Of Weeks That It Takes To Find A Job. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
38%:Americans Who Approve Of Obama’s Handling Of The Budget Deficit. (The Washington Post/ABC News Poll, 2/6/12)
36: Record Number Of Straight Months With Unemployment Rate Above 8 Percent. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
34.2%:Households That Receive Either Food Stamps, Subsidized Housing, Cash Welfare Or Medicaid. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/5/11)
32%:Share Of Existing Home Sales In December That Were Distressed Properties (Foreclosures And Short Sales). (National Association Of Realtors, 1/20/12)
29.2%:Unemployed Workers Out Of Work For Over A Year. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
24.4%:Federal Spending As A Share Of GDP By 2022. (CBO, 1/31/12)
22.1%: Home Loans Underwater (Negative Equity) In Third Quarter Of 2011. (Reuters, 11/29/11)
18%: Amount GNP Would Be Lowered Due To Debt’s Effect On Economic Growth By 2035. (CBO, 6/22/11)
17%:Cut To Medicare Benefits When Trust Fund Is Exhausted. (House Ways & Means Committee Hearing, 6/22/11)
15.1%: Workers Unemployed, Underemployed Or Marginally Attached To The Labor Force. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
15.1%:Americans Living In Poverty. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
8.3%:Unemployment Rate. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 2/3/12)
8.15%:Percent Of Home Loans Delinquent In November. (Lender Processing Services, 1/27/12)
4.11%:Percent Of Mortgage Loans In Foreclosure During December 2011. (Lender Processing Services, 1/27/12)
2.5%:Decline In Median Home Sale Price In The Last Year. (National Association Of Realtors, 1/20/12)
3:Record +$1 Trillion Deficits On Obama’s Watch. (CBO, 10/7/11)
2.3%: Decline In Median Household Income In 2010. (U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)
0: Other People Obama Will Have Left To Blame For The Failures Of His Economic Policies In 2012. (The American People, 11/6/12)
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