Barry's Economy:



When Barack Obama entered the White House, the average price of a gallon of gasoline was $1.85. Today, it is $3.59.



Today the poverty rate for children living in the United States is a whopping 22 percent.



According to U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, an average of 23 manufacturing facilities permanently shut down in the United States every single day during 2010



Back in 2007, about 10 percent of all unemployed Americans had been out of work for 52 weeks or longer. Today, that number is above 30 percent.



The amount of money that the federal government gives directly to Americans has increased by 32 percent since Barack Obama entered the White House.



Today, an astounding 49.1 percent of all Americans live in a home where at least one person receives benefits from the government



Today, 71 percent of all small business owners believe that the U.S. economy is still in a recession.



The middle class continues to shrink - 95 percent of the jobs lost during the last recession were middle class jobs



Each year, the average American must work 107 days just to make enough money to pay local, state and federal taxes