Greetings Doc Mercer:
As a mathematician, the Munchkin Man is going to give you the benefit of the doubt and presume that your figures listed above are correct.
If the figures above are intended to serve as a scorecard between Bush vs. Obama, then Bush wins.
The Munchkin Man shall provide irrefutable mathematical proof below:
An unemployment rate increase from 4.2% in 2001 to 7.6% in January of 2009 is equivalent to a percent increase of 3.4% during the course of 8 years during Bush's term in office.
This is also equivalent to an average percent increase of 0.0354% per month during Bush's term in office.
Now take a look at Obama's figures:
An unemployment increase from 7.6% in January of 2009 to 9.8% today is equivalent to a percent increase of 2.2% during Obama's first 10 months in office.
This is also equivalent to an average percent increase of 0.22% per month during Obama's term in office.
When comparing these average monthly figures, Obama's average monthly unemployment increase of 0.22% is 6.21 times as greater than Bush's average monthly unemployment increase of 0.0354%.
CONCLUSION:
Under the administration of Barack Obama, unemployment is rising at an average monthly rate that is 6.21 times as much as it did when Bush was in office.
Believe it or not, Barack Obama loses this round as well.
The absolute value of the difference between a 288 billion dollar surplus in 2001 and a 1.2 trillion dollar deficit in January of 2009 is equal to 1.481 trillion dollars during the course of 8 years during Bush's term in office.
This is also equivalent to an average monthly deficit increase of $15,427,000,000 per month during Bush's term in office.
Now take a look at Obama's figures:
The difference between a deficit of 1.2 trillion dollars in January of 2009 and a deficit of 1.4 trillion dollars now is equivalent to a deficit increase of $200,000,000,000 (two hundred billion dollars) during Obama's term in office.
This is equivalent to an average monthly deficit increase of $20,000,000,000 during Obama's term in office.
The difference between these monthly average deficit increase figures is $4,573,000,000.
This means that the deficit has grown an average of $4,573,000,000 more per month than Obama's administration than it did during Bush's administration.
This is a staggering difference.
Obama loses again.
And now for the final round:
An increase in the debt from 5.7 trillion dollars in 2001 to 10.6 trillion dollars in January of 2009 is equivalent to a debt increase of 4.9 trillion dollars during the course of 8 years during Bush's term in office.
This is equivalent to a monthly average debt increase of $51,042,000,000 per month during Bush's term in office.
Now look at Obama's figures:
An increase in the debt from 10.6 trillion dollars in January of 2009 to 11.9 trillion dollars today is equivalent to an increase of 1.3 trillion dollars in the debt during Obama's term in office.
This is equivalent to an average monthly debt increase of $130,000,000,000 during Obama's term in office.
CONCLUSION:
On a per month average basis, the debt is increasing at a rate of 2.55 times greater during Obama's administration than it ever did during Bush's administration.
Obama loses again.
Remember -- these were YOUR figures.
Maybe your figures are right.
The Munchkin Man did not check to verify them.
If your figures are correct, the Munchkin Man has just given you mathematical proof that Obama loses to Bush when it comes to unemployment, the deficit, and the debt.
The Munchkin Man is available for online mathematics tutoring, if either you or your friend, Mr. Tank, are interested.
The Munchkin Man will even offer you a discount.
Best Wishes,
Munchkin Man


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