Lies, damn lies...and statistics. You've probably heard that phrase more than once. So you can decide what you think of the following numbers, reported in the Jan. 17, 2009 edition of National Journal:
Beginning in January 2001 (when George Bush became president) through December 2008 (his final full month in office) --
1. The national debt rose from $5.8 to $10 trillion
2. The percentage of respondents who said they were "satisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time fell from 56 percentage points to 10
3. The U.S. median household income fell from $50,557 to $50,233
4. The obesity rate increased from 20% to 26.3% (through 2007)
5. The violent crime rate fell from 506.5 to 466.9 (through 2007)
6. Federal spending for HIV/AIDS increased from $14.2 billion to $23.3 billion (through 2007)
This is not the full list, but certainly most of the economic data is not good.
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