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[callmeslick]

a friend compiled this, and I'll repost it here. Let's all look back at this list so folks like Dawg can't lie about reality down the road:

Hate Crimes Reported:
From 2001-2008: 9205/yr
From 2009-2015: 7099/yr (no report for 2016 yet)
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Act was enacted on 10/28/2009. Previous to that no LGBTQ crimes were recorded as hate crimes.

Federal Unemployment:
Dec 2008: 7.3%
Dec 2016: 4.7%

Federal Inflation Rate Average:
2008: 3.85
2016: 1.26

Federal Interest Rate
2008: .25%
2016: .75%

Federal Income Tax Rate:
2008: 15% $8,025-$32,550
2016: 15% $18,551-$75,300

Insurance Out Of Pocket:
2004: $262.90/month (Single)
2009: $501.90/month (Single) $1200/month (Family of 3) I paid both at certain points in this four year span.
2016: I'm insured now through the ACA. I'm not publicly displaying my current personal information. Get on healthcare.gov and punch some numbers in if you want a value here.

Note:I lost my insurance-providing job after 12 years of employment in November of 2010. I could not afford insurance, even though we searched multiple policies, from 2011-2014, and was self-employed working well over 40 hours a week.

Federal Budget By Department
FY2009 (Enacted 2008):
Collect: $2.10T
Spend: $3.51T
Deficit: $1.41T (War costs not included since they were appropriations)
Defense: 26%
Health: 23%
Pension: 22%
Welfare: 9%
Education: 3%
Transport: 3%
Interest: 8%
Protection: 2%
Other: 3%
General Gov: 1%

FY2017 (Enacted 2016):
Collect: $3.27T
Spend: $3.89T
Deficit: $455B (War costs not included since they were appropriations)
Defense: 21%
Health: 28%
Pension: 25%
Welfare: 9%
Education: 3%
Transport: 2%
Interest: 7%
Protection: 2%
Other: 2%
General Gov: 1%

National SNAP Benefits Participation:
2008: 28.2M
2016: 44.2M

USVA Budget:
2008: $ 86.7B
2016: $182.3B

Military Casualties (Battlefield):
2008: 468
2016: 19

US Prison Population:
2008: 1,610,446
2015: 1,526,800

Gas: 1/19/17: $2.29/gal
Heating Oil 1/17/17: $2.08
Beef: $3.98/lb
Chicken: $1.94/lb
Pork: $1.68/lb
6 Pack of Bud: $8.27

[Pudfark]

a friend compiled this, and I'll repost it here. Let's all look back at this list so folks like Dawg can't lie about reality down the road:

"a friend compiled this": means it came off some liberal commie blog...and embarrassed to post the link....

"I'll repost it here": means I throw it on the wall here...see if it sticks...and pretend to be impotent.....