Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Unprecedented Progress Over the Past Two Years

You have to look and listen real hard to the "liberal media" to know this (OK, you still won't learn it), but the past two years is on the very short list of most productive years, both for Congress and the President, of all time. Here is a short list of what was done:
  • 3.2 million jobs saved or created thanks to the Recovery Act,
  • 6.7 million small businesses eligible for the health care tax credit under the Affordable Care Act,
  • 111.4 million middle class families (95%) receiving a tax cut through the Recovery Act,
  • 5.6 million Americans with pre-existing conditions who can no longer be denied coverage thanks to the $5 billion high risk pool,
  • 161,000 teaching jobs saved through state aid, and
  • Almost 4,000 Recovery Act projects for clean, safe energy production.
A new website has been put together that allows you track, in real-time numbers, the progress that has been made in areas economy, health and education over the past two years. You can even get information within your specific zip code. Here is a snapshot of what this progress looked like in late December:

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