Two years ago: 1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high; 2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon; 3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.
Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:
1) Consumer confidence plummet; 2) the cost of regular gasoline soar to over $4 a gallon; 3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase); 4) American households have seen $4.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses); 5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $2.2 trillion dollars; 6) 3% of American homes are in foreclosure.
Not to mention that US Troop withdrawal from Iraq never happened, as promised.