Updated 03.27.10, The Decline: The Geography of a Recession by LaToya Egwuekwe (OFFICIAL)

[lilmissmda]

That is almost the entire population of Canada  insane

[DrRonRea]

I would like to see the chart dating back to 1990 and adjusted for population changes. Can the author do that?

ronrea

[mechanicalbu11]

@MeAndMyHobbies dam better get your rifle out! an AR-15 is good on zombie brains. if you don't own one they are cheep if you go to a gun show and buy one only 750 US dollars

[iam4u2cl8er]

Gotta follow 10 steps to get our country back! #1: End the Federal Reserve. #2 Challenge the 16th amendment. #3 Shut down the Dept of Education and return to local education. #4 Defund the UN. #5 Defend the 2nd amendment. #6 Stop Cap and Trade. #7 Stop Obamacare. #8Shut down military bases in other countries and bring our men and women back to our country. #9 Stop charity to other nations and focus on America. And the most important of all #10 RETURN TO THE CONSITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES!!!

[mechanicalbu11]

@iam4u2cl8er so true and common sense type solutions that make globalist hate and cry. i would add a 20 percent tax on all corporations that import goods not made here in the USA. Should these global corporations try to use economic terrorism on us for these policies arrest the CEO and put them in a federal high security detention facility., if that is imposable use asset forfeiture on all holding in the USA that belong to any corporation under their umbrella.

[iam4u2cl8er]

@mechanicalbu11 Goddamn right! I totaly agree! Businesses that move to other countries should not be allowed to do business with the United States and not allowed to come back. We need to take our country BACK!!!

[virgomaiden2008]

@iam4u2cl8er AMEN! you speak VOLUMES!!! AWESOME how you put it all in a nutshell!!

[Samkaveli88]

we are in the greater depresstion get them guns ready Son cause that dollar is about to fall in people finna go crazy.

[eogg25]

the best way to push socialism is to have high unemployment,bring the people to there knees then give them, money and food instead of jobs so they will depend on you for more.then demonize the big companies as the enemy, when actually they are the real care givers in the form of jobs. remember being rich is not a crime. i have yet to see bad things about opra winfry who makes 350 million a year.see hollywood for the filthy rich.

[Romanaterie]

Its not my fault. I like my huge house that I cant afford. I love my 55 inch plasma. I love to play my Wii, Xbox, and PS3 on it. I love driving my huge SUV, and my sports car that I put 0 down for 12 months. I had to do it it was a great price with the cash for clunkers. Its hot here where I live I needed that boat to take out my wife and kids to cool off at the lake. Its Bush's fault that I cant pay my mortgage any more. Why doesn't Obama already fix this problem his been in office for almost

[cornbiker]

This is why we need illegals in our country..

[rdaniels95]

damn. corporate CEOs and wall street bankers better get to work!

[pkring]

Thanks, dick and bush, for creating what history will know as the Bush Economic Debacle. 

Shame on them Shame on do nothing repugnikkkans.

[jonahbegone]

Bush? Gee, last time I looked at the Constitution, Congress controls the budget, not the President. And since 2006 Congress has been run by Democrats.

[LunchMoneyDnB]

@jonahbegone yeah and republicans are the ones we have to clean up after. Look what happened when Clinton left office, we had a surplus. Those bullshit wars got us in this crap.

[Wyrframe]

@LunchMoneyDnB First off, Bushes deficit for his entire 8 years was far less then Obamas for the last 2. Heck first 15 days.

Second you had a surplus under Clinton because Newt had control of congress and slashed the budgets, which your liberal side demonized him endlessly for claiming he was starving kids in school lunch programs... I love how you get to stand back throw mud at people who role up there sleeves and do the hard work, then try and take credit later.

[LunchMoneyDnB]

@Wyrframe lolBush was the 2nd worst president in history just a fact the man destroyed our country and got us in another vietnam. If Bush vs. Obama debated Obama would crush him.

[djsyphonik]

@LunchMoneyDnB lol at the thought that it even matters who is president. presidents have been puppets for a long long time as well as congress, which has all but been hijacked by corporate and the elite of the world.

of course most of the country is stuck on what they feed with the red vs blue, rep vs dem LOLOLOLOLOL

[dgomezco]

@pkring , this all happened under Obama/Biden. FYI.

[asuwish0000]

And to have imposed HEAVY regulaions and burdens on small business and taxing them to death, the more companies have to lay offworkers to defray the costs. Thus a destruction of Capitalism and a push to Socialism and eventually Communism. It all seems quite intentional. The Govt now owns all of the major banks, investment companies, and ALL homes through Fannie Mae and Freddie MAC, the US auto industry, and now YOUR life through take-over of healthcare!!

[asuwish0000]

Look at the decline it took since Obama became President!!! OMG!! The only reason I could think of why he refused to take ANY action on creating jobs in this crisis and to PUSH govt. run healthcare down our throats instead is this - the more unemployed people there are - the more people will lose insurance - then the more attractive a government run plan looks!

[vegetadingle]

@asuwish0000 and the more people are dependent on govt it reduces opposition for their agenda

[snarkishone]

Yours are none of these and so I will now treat you as I would that little boy. And if you somehow delude yourself into thinking this is a capitulation, well, that's fine. Be happy and go out and play with the other little boys.

[snarkishone]

Yours are none of these and so I will now treat you as I would that little boy. And if you somehow delude yourself into thinking this is a capitulation, well, that's fine. Be happy and go out and play with the other little boys.

[snarkishone]

@chickensockpuppet

excuse me,

yes chickensockpuppet, there is no oil in Afghanistan.Never said there was. There are, however, massive pipelines, present and future, from neighboring oil producing countries that absolutely must go through that country and absolutely must be protected by our troops(who's families back home will still pay high energy prices)

Nothing is always as simple as simple people would like it to be.

[chickensockpuppet]

snarkishone, there AIN'T no oil in Afghanistan! Moron.

thomasn528, Republicans tried several times to regulate the mortgage industry, specifically Fannie and Feddie, only to be pushed back by liberals such as Barney Frank and other Democrats who insisted that regulation would be a form of "racism".

[snarkishone]

It's not "libruls" or prgressives that do these things to us it's the wealthy and political classes that work together to keep the rest of us at each others' throats

while they snicker behind their gated communities.

[snarkishone]

what amazes me is the energy people like the tea baggers expend to defend the very people who take their money and time, pay them as little as possible for it all, send their children to die in Afghanistan to protect oil and gas company interests, and wouldn't cross the street to piss on their heads if their hair were on fire.

[fishinwflies]

@snarkishone You have absolutely no understanding of what's going on. Look at the facts and stop getting your talking points from the left wing media. Do some research on your own. The truth and the facts are out there for you if you take the trouble to look for it. It's attitudes like yours and the overall laziness of not just people like you but the mainstream media as well. Find the facts. Make an effort.

[snarkishone]

There you go again...regurgitating Fox talking points 'cause...I don't know...it's easier.

First Obama's no better than all the other corporatists so don't start with that, second all Americans pay federal taxes from a low of about three percent to a high of 22 percent. The working poor get tax credits and mostly get away with paying little of nothing and in some cases get money back from the feds(just as every Red state gets more federal money than they pay in).

[0Suz0]

So, how's that hopey changey thing goin' for ya?

[snarkishone]

Brilliant graphic!

I'd like to see a corresponding graph of the transfer of wealth from the workng and middle classs to the top 1% during the same time period.

[NCMan28025]

@snarkishone It's not going from the bottom to the top. 47% of Americans pay no income tax while the top 10% pay 73% of all income taxes.

[pkring]

the bush economic debacle has nearly ruined the country. The gNOp wants everything for free--they don't even want to pay for the illegal war bush lied us into in Iraq.

[NCMan28025]

@pkring Yeah, notice how things started to go bad in 2007, when Dems took over. Unemployment has double in these 4 years under Dems and jumped after Obama's 'stimulus.'If Bush lied about the war, so did the Democrats, who since the Clinton administration cried that Iraq had WMDs. The Progressives/Libs want everything for free, hence the liberal entitlements that are destroying and usurping the American taxpayers..all 53% of us.

[MauryCoDem]

@NCMan28025 Not only are you speaking like an idiot, but you are seemingly trying to convince those of us fortunate enough to have passed (eventually) 3rd Grade that you are an ignorant idiot. So far, so good.

[NCMan28025]

@MauryCoDem And yet after claiming me an idiot, you still can't disprove any of my points. My "3rd grade" education still beats anything you have. Unemployment has doubled since 2007. Democrats cried about WMDs before Bush ever took office and 47% pay no federal income taxes. You should be able to defeat an idiot. Bring it. Prove me wrong. You can't so I'm sure you won't reply with facts. All you have is ad hominem attacks. Typical liberal-socialist.

[NotSoOldHippy]

The Democrappers don't deserve to hold public office any more than their Republinazi traitor colleagues do. None of these corporate-owned international terrorists and traitors against America deserve to hold public office.

Anyone who still votes is a fucking idiot. Sorry but the rubes who vote are one of the reason why we keep electing theofascist terrorists and traitors.

Change fucking idiots can believe in.

[thomasn528]

Right, the progressive plan is to start with high unemployment in their own counties and go from there. It wasn't Congress, it was the financial/mortgage meltdown, nitwits, and that barn door was left wide open by decades of laissez fare, mustn't regulate our Wall Street pals" Republican and Republican-lite policies.

[jpeditor]

@thomasn528 Funny here's some youtube video of Republicans REPEATEDLY warning about reining in Fannie Mae and Freddi Mac, and DEMS shouting "leave it alone".

search youtube: "Timeline shows Bush, McCain warning Dems of financial and housing crisis; meltdown"

searc youtube: "Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that"

Plus Congress (which controls budgets AND legislation for regulation) was controlled by DEMS since 2006. Ø's FAULT.

[fishinwflies]

@thomasn528 The CRA which caused the subprime mortgage meltdown was not the right it was the left. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd which blocked the fix before it ended like this are both left. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were led by people on the left, and worked for Obama's campaign. Place the blame where it belongs. You had much of it right though. The fact you have the most votes shows how ill informed most people are though.

[fishinwflies]

Notice that at the start the worst spots are the counties liberals carry. What is happening has to be intentional. The progressive plan is to bring down the economy of the country. Collapse it and rebuild it without our constitution as a socialist country. Debt will be 90% of GDP in less than 10 years and they are still spendong like money has an expiration date. And now it might. This has to be intentional, nobody is that stupid.

[NotSoOldHippy]

@fishinwflies You rightarded idiot, the Bush Republinazi regime fucked our country over long before the Obama regime started fucking us. You god damned fucking rightards are why the United States is a thirld world shithole, you insane cunts and your occult stupidity coupled to your hatred of everything the United States stands for.

You insane dog fuckers invaded an innocent country and murdered half a million innocent people, and you fucks did it because you're Christians.

[fishinwflies]

@NotSoOldHippy Don't believe me? Google 2004 election by county, print the map. Any county that went blue and touches a red one color it blue. Compare it to the beginning of the animation. Notice the little blue ones out in nowhere even match. Democrats hurt employement. Hippy boy, screw your tin foil hat back down, take your meds, and seek medical help for you anal-cranial inversion.

[NotSoOldHippy]

@fishinwflies You insane dog fucker, the Bush terrorist regime stole $2 trillion from our treasury to commit Chrisdtanic terrorism around the world, murdered half a million innocent Iraqis (after raping some of them) and then went on to commit treason against America via USA PATRIOT Act and unwarranted wiretaps -- among numerous other Republinazi domestic Christanic terrorist atrocities against us.

[fishinwflies]

@NotSoOldHippy You are seriously mentally ill. You are are a true vulgarian, with uninformed and incorrect assumptions. Your arguments childish and uneducated. You come off as rather poorly educated, somewhat mentally slow, and disturbed. I feel sorry for anyone who has the misfortune of having to deal with you in person. Please keep posting these, as you show how insane and stupid the people of your ilk are. (ilk means idiots like you)

[mechanicalbu11]

looks like our country is rotting from the outside in, Dam globalist politicians!

[breastinspector2]

Hey look, the midwest has been hit the least by things! I wonder why?

[NotSoOldHippy]

@breastinspector2 Republidiots weren't working during the Bush terrorist regime either, that's why. The Republinazis fucked us long before Obama and his buttfuckers came along.

[erwinhaaslibertarian]

The rate started going up in Jun 2007, the month that the minimum wage increase was implemented.

Any other ideas?

Erwin Haas, Libertarian

[kd8ux]

And just think,the democrats took over congress in 2006 and began their run to ruin in 2007.

[NotSoOldHippy]

@kd8ux You insane dog fucking rightard, the Bush terrorist regime did this to our country long before the Obama regime was elected.

[curtislwalker]

Many know for the last ten years before retirement I was an Administrator for the Employment Development Department. This 30 second video is worth a million printed words. It will certainly open some eyes and scare others for the future or the NATION. KUDO's for putting this together and putting online for all to have access to. Genus!

[NotSoOldHippy]

@curtislwalker The solution is to find a cure for Republicanism. Republidiots should be packed up and shipped to Iran where their theofascist ideologies and hatred of America is in keeping with the government's.

[eredy]

they take you off the list after 18 months. the extinction has run out in jan and got fired or are part time isnt counted. the D.O.L. is lieing they dont count fired or quit looking or never tryed or are denied its more like 22%

[NotSoOldHippy]

@eredy Unemployment under the Bush terrorist regime nationally was 17%.

[eredy]

@NotSoOldHippy not the point they are both evil , the point is there's no way its that low u can times by at least 2 don't think it was that more like 10% in the mian bush yrs at o8 maybe, but the media and others wont tell the truth is what i was getting at we haven't had a decent pres in over a 100 yrs