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10 facts about the state of the union

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1. Since the last SOTU, the economy has created 1.9 million private sector jobs. [Source]

2. The top 1 percent take home 24 percent of the nation’s income, up from about 9 percent in 1976. [Source]

3. Private sector job creation under Obama in 2011 was larger than seven out of the eight years Bush was president. [Source]

4. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, 2.5 million young adults gained health insurance. [Source]

5. Last year, China spent 9 percent of its GDP on infrastructure. The U.S. spent 2.5 percent. [Source]

6. “In 2011, the United States killed Al Qaeda’s most effective propagandist, Anwar al-Awlaki; its operating chief, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman; and of course its founder, chief executive and spiritual leader, Osama bin Laden.” [Source]

7.Union membership is at a 70-year low. [Source]

8.Unemployment benefits have lifted 3.2 million people out of poverty. [Source]

9. One quarter of all contributions to federal campaigns come from 0.01 percent of Americans. [Source]

10. 47.8 percent of households that receive food stamps are working, because having a job is not enough to keep them out of poverty. [Source]

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      11. We aren’t going to really do anything about it but talk a good game because it is election year.