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Worst Year for Job Loss
2.6 million job losses in leisure, hospitality, and mining industry jobs. This is in the budget deficit.
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Obama takes office
In 2009 Obama took leadership of the United States at the age of 47. Since he became president the United States has gone into even more debt, and he has not done anything effective to get us out of the debt. This is in the leadership deficit.
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Unemployment rate at all time high
-Unemployment rate was at an all time high of 10%
-This is a budget deficit
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/01/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm?postversion=2009100116 -
Affordable Care Act
President Obama sign the Affordable Care Act which costs 3 trillion dollars. This is under the leadersip deficit
http://kff.org/health-reform/fact-sheet/summary-of-the-affordable-care-act/ -
Trades with China
The United States trade balance with Chins is currently in the negatives. We import a sufficent amout more than we export from China. This negative number continues to increase through the years. In 2011 the trade balance was -295,249.70. In 2014 the trade balance was -342,632.50.
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Raise in debt
Congress votes for a raise in the US debt and the Obama signs it.
This is a leadership deficit.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/257433/no-surrender-debt-ceiling-michael-tanner -
Government Shuts Down
Congress fails to agree on a budget and pass a spending bill, causing the government to shut down. The government shutdown forces about 800,000 federal workers off the job
This is under the leadership deficit.
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The Chairman of the Federal Reserve
-The head of the central banking system of the United States
-This person "active executive officer" of the Board of Govenors of the Federal Reserve System
-Savings deficit
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ISIS claims a large amount of territory
-ISIS claims territoy in Libya, Egypt, ALgeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan
-This is a problem with leadership becuase the US shouldn't let this terrorist group invade on our allies's territories
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/world/isis-libya/
