Since the last SOTU, the economy has created 1.9 million private sector jobs.
The top 1 percent take home 24 percent of the nation’s income, up from about 9 percent in 1976.
Private sector job creation under Obama in 2011 was larger than seven out of the eight years Bush was president.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, 2.5 million young adults gained health insurance.
For every one job opening, there are four people looking for work.
Last year, China spent 9 percent of its GDP on infrastructure. The U.S. spent 2.5 percent.
47.8 percent of households that receive food stamps are working, because having a job is not enough to keep them out of poverty. (see also: 5 things you didn’t know about food stamps)
In the last three years, 30 major corporations spent more on lobbying than they paid in taxes.
50 percent of U.S. workers make less than $26,364 per year.
More than one in 70 homes faced foreclosure last year.
