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Name:   water_watcher The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Give credit where credit is due
Date:   3/8/2011 3:57:21 PM (updated 3/8/2011 3:57:41 PM)


I wish the numbers were better, but figures do not lie.  Sorry if the formatting is off,  but you can figure it out.  Very interesting.


  2008   today    change



Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S.     
  $1.83        $3.41      86.3% 

                     
                     
                     
             

Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)          $43.48 
     $99.02     127.7% 

                     
                     
                     
             

Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)          $38.74 
     $91.38     135.9% 

                     
                     
                     
             

Gold: London (per troy oz.)             
   $853.25      $1,369.50   60.5%

                     
                     
                     
             

Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL           
   $3.56        $6.33   
   78.1%

                     
                       
                     
           

Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL             
    $9.66        $13.75      42.3% 


                     
                     
                     
             

Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob           
$13.37       $35.39     164.7%

                     
                     
                     
             

Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall        7.6% 
       9.4%        23.7%

                     
                     
                     
             

Unemployment rate, blacks             
     12.6%        15.8%   
   25.4%

                     
                     
                     
             

Number of unemployed               
        11,616,000   14,485,000  24.7%

                     
                     
                     
             

Number of fed. employees, ex. military      2,779,000 
  2,840,000   2.2%           
                     
             

                       
                     
                     
           

Real median household income   $50,112      $49,777 
   -0.7%

                     
                     
                     
             

Number of food stamp recipients     31,983,716   43,200,878 
35.1%                   
       

                     
                     
                     
             

Number of unemployment benefit recipients   7,526,598 
  9,193,838   22.2%          
                     
                 

                     
                     
                     
             

Number of long-term unemployed             
2,600,000    6,400,000  146.2%

                     
                     
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Other messages in this thread:View Entire Thread
Give credit where credit is due - water_watcher - 3/8/2011 3:57:21 PM
     Thanks WW - Summer Lover - 3/8/2011 4:03:17 PM
          Thanks WW - water_watcher - 3/8/2011 4:48:15 PM
               Thanks WW - Talullahhound - 3/8/2011 8:56:01 PM
                    Thanks WW - water_watcher - 3/8/2011 9:07:21 PM
                    hound - water_watcher - 3/8/2011 9:10:14 PM
                         Actually our top three - rude evin - 3/8/2011 9:42:16 PM
                              Actually our top three - au67 - 3/8/2011 10:03:20 PM
                              rude - water_watcher - 3/9/2011 7:39:32 AM
                                   rude - water_watcher - 3/9/2011 7:42:10 AM
                                        WW - Talullahhound - 3/9/2011 9:06:32 AM
                                        WW............. - rude evin - 3/9/2011 11:18:51 AM
                                             WW............. - Talullahhound - 3/9/2011 3:41:21 PM
                                                  how about this ... please help us understand - water_watcher - 3/9/2011 7:43:32 PM
                                                       how about this ... please help us understand - Talullahhound - 3/9/2011 9:15:19 PM
                                                            Hound - water_watcher - 3/9/2011 10:32:16 PM
                                                       hound.........Wow, - rude evin - 3/9/2011 9:46:38 PM
                                                            WW and Rude - Talullahhound - 3/10/2011 9:09:13 AM
                                                                 WW and Rude - water_watcher - 3/10/2011 10:34:27 AM
                                                                      WW and Rude - Talullahhound - 3/10/2011 5:08:49 PM



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