January 20, 2011

Report Card on Obama's First Two Years

By K.E. Campbell
Two years ago today, Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States.  Are you better off today than you were two years ago? Numbers don't lie, and here are the data on the impact he has had on the lives of Americans: January 2009Current% chgSource     Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. (regular conventional)$1.83$3.10469.6%1Selected commodities:         Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)$43.48$99.02127.7%2     Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)$38.74$91.38135.9%2     Natural gas, Henry Hub, $ per MMbtu $4.85$4.48-7.6%2     Gold: London (per troy oz.)$853.25$1,369.5060.5%2     Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL$3.56$6.3378.1%2     Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL$9.66$13.7542.3%2     Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob$13.37$35.39164.7%2Consumer Price Index (for all urban...(Read Full Article)