* In January 2007 before the Democrats took over Congress, unemployment was 4.6 percent; now it's 9.6 percent.
* In January 2007 there were 7.1 million unemployed people in America; now there are 14.9 million.
* In January 2007 the median home price was $210,600; today it's $179,300.
* In January 2007 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 12,500; today it's at 10,840.
* In January 2007 the gross federal debt was $9 trillion; today it's $13.5 trillion.
* The poverty rate in 2006 was 12.3 percent; now it's 14.3 percent
* In the final budget created by a GOP-controlled Congress, the deficit was $160 billion; now it's $1.6 trillion.
All that before the democrats took over congress. We threw the republicans out for what?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/09/24/question-paul-krugman-are-things-better-today-january-2007