Are we better off with Hope and Change?
by J. C. Anger
I’ll let you make the determination
after reading these statistics. They are available on-line for the
public to see. Thanks to The People History for their research.
National Average Then and Now Costs -
- Average house rent: 2008 - $800: August 2011 - $955 (+19.4%)
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- Gallon of gas: November 2008 -$1.87: Now $3.50+ (+87.2%)
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- KW of electricity: November 2008 - $0.1103: August 2011 - $0.1235 (+12.0%)
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- Loaf of bread: August 2009 - $1.72: August 2011 - $1.98 (+15.1%)
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- 1lb of potatoes: November 2008 – $0.32: August 2011 - $0.60 (+87.5%)
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- 1lb of bacon: December 2008 - $2.96: August 2011 - $3.98 (+34.5%)
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- 12 pack of water: 2008 - $1.90: August 2011 - $2.63 (+38.4%)
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- 1lb of tomatoes: 2008 - $0.68: August 2011 - $1.59 (+133.8%)
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- 5lbs bag of flour: 2008 - $1.97: August 2011 - $3.12 (+58.4%)
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- Tide Soap Powder: 2008 - $5.98: August 2011 - $10.55 (+76.4%)
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- Folgers coffee: 2008 - $5.49: August 2011 - $12.98 (+136.4%)
Wages:
- 2008 - $40,523: August 2011 - $40,925 (+1.0%)
- Average cost of new home: $238,880: August 2011 - $202,100 (-15.4%)
- Unemployment: November 2008 – 6.7%: Today 9%+ (+34.3%)
- Poverty% - 2008 – 13.2%: September 2011 – 15.1% (+14.4%)
Let me quote Herman Cain,
“How’s that Hope and Change working for you?”
In nearly every aspect of life we are
paying more and more while receiving less and less. Wages are near
stagnant, while at the same time the cost of living increases at
alarming rates. The average increase for cost of compared items
increased by 21.0% yet the average income for Americans increased by
only 1%. You mix this in with the price of new homes decreasing over
$35,000, the increase in unemployment, and the increase in poverty it is
no wonder we need a bold change.
Folks, with all due respect to every GOP candidate in the field, we need someone with bold plans and an understanding of what the problems are in order to get us out of the mess we are in. There is only one candidate with the experience of turning a very bad economic situation around and turning it into a success in a very short time. That candidate is the only non-politician in the group. That person is Herman Cain.
You see Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 does not just tweak the current tax code, it replaces it. The other viable candidates want to keep and fix the current tax code. This is unacceptable for the fact that by keeping the current tax code, the career politician can still have a tool to waste and spend more by picking those businesses they want to support through tax laws. Replacing the tax code makes the playing field neutral and prevents the career politicians from abusing their power to shuffle money from your pockets to their donors.
Let’s put a real leader in the White House and send a message that we are sick of career politicians who play a shell game with our money.
Folks, with all due respect to every GOP candidate in the field, we need someone with bold plans and an understanding of what the problems are in order to get us out of the mess we are in. There is only one candidate with the experience of turning a very bad economic situation around and turning it into a success in a very short time. That candidate is the only non-politician in the group. That person is Herman Cain.
You see Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 does not just tweak the current tax code, it replaces it. The other viable candidates want to keep and fix the current tax code. This is unacceptable for the fact that by keeping the current tax code, the career politician can still have a tool to waste and spend more by picking those businesses they want to support through tax laws. Replacing the tax code makes the playing field neutral and prevents the career politicians from abusing their power to shuffle money from your pockets to their donors.
Let’s put a real leader in the White House and send a message that we are sick of career politicians who play a shell game with our money.
Let’s vote Herman Cain for President 2012.
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