Since Daily Kos readers are aware that Obama is responsible for the decline and fall of practically everything, I thought I would provide some graphs to illustrate this phenomenon, in case you ever encounter any doubters.

We need to start with employment. The chart below shows the rate of available labor (also called the “unemployment rate” by gloomy Eyores). That’s people who stand ready to work and get the wheels of commerce in motion. We see here that by the close of the Bush Administration (like other Republican administrations) there was a ready supply of human resources available for new and growing businesses.

But under the Obama administration (as other Democratic administrations), the available labor supply has been choked down more and more. This situation increases the cost of labor (through so-called “salaries” — funds that workers generally waste on beer and big screen televisions), and this is very bad for business.

From: BLS data formatted by Rude and Rotten Republicans

In light of current events, we can’t ignore the War on Police. Anyone who has ever watched Fox News is aware that Obama’s actions have created a climate where police are attacked in ever-increasing numbers. The result of this campaign is shown in this graph.

From: Camila Domonska, NPR

As we can clearly see, in one of the years after the start of the Obama Administration, the number of police killed in action went up.

Okay, then the rate went down, to the lowest level in at least 45 years. But that was just a fake, to put us off our guard and disguise his true agenda. Because then the rate went up again. Ignore that trend line, it was drawn using math, which is a liberal conspiracy.

In a striking parallel, we see here that the violent crime rate in Chicago skyrocketed during 2012 (an Obama year), as was pointed out by demographic expert and sociologist Donald Trump (see details in Mark Sumner’s diary from earlier today). The national trend is a thin cover for a crime situation that’s definitely out of control in specific localities and years.

Source: Mark Sumner’s diary, with assignment of fault added

Next, we confront the troubling issue of our standing in the world. We see from the accompanying figure that Obama’s rate of selection of the Most Admired Person in the World has withered from an initial 30%, when people had not yet learned about his socialist agenda, to a paltry 17% in 2015. By comparison, consider George W Bush’s 28% approval rating during the last year of his presidency — a full 11% higher. These numbers don’t lie.

From: Gallup Poll. They ask questions like this

Next, health. Yes, Obamacare. We see in the graph below how a further 6% of Americans have been deprived of their former tradition of proud self-reliance with respect to health care costs, and made to enroll in that socialist risk-sharing scheme of health insurance. Once they took care of themselves — now they have to pay for that other guy’s habit of eating too many french fries.

Now, the stock market. When the business world found out that Obama might be elected President, stocks reacted with consternation. There were absolutely no other negative factors going on at this time - except for the looming threat of Obama, it was all smooth sailing under the steady hand of Treasury Secretary Paulson and economic wizardry of Geroge W Bush.

Since those grim times, you may have heard about the supposed uptrend in the market overall, but a closer look reveals a minimum of seven instances where Obama’s reckless anti-business policies have damaged the market. We’re talking billions of dollars of lost value in every downturn here, folks — that’s not chump change.

Why are business so concerned? It’s obviously due to plans for government to suck in more and more dollars from American taxpayers and businesses. We see in the graph below that the Bush Administration successfully reduced the dollars leeched by the federal government in 2008, and set Obama up perfectly with historically low levels of dollars taken away from Americans in 2009 — a real rennaissance of individual freedom. Since then, Obama has done nothing but take more and more for government.

And don’t even talk about gasoline prices. After years of diligent effort, the Bush team achieved gas prices as low as $1.61 per gallon, an achievement hailed by widely respected economist Michele Bachman. We’re not going to see those prices again, bubba.

I could go on. Undermining the sanctity of Newt Gingrich’s third marriage by letting gay people get married. Only reducing the annual spending deficit by 800 billion dollars per year. Failing to maintain a 9-person Supreme Court by creating such enmity with the Senate that they won’t even consider his nominee. But really, it’s just too overwhelming.

I guess there’s really nothing else to say, except . . .

Thanks, Obama.

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My social media director (i.e. daughter) says the post needs a hashtag for sharing, so here it is: #ObamasFaultInGraphs

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James Wells is the author of The Great Symmetry , a science fiction novel that celebrates the freedom of ideas. www.thegreatsymmetry.com (eBook on Amazon)

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Two days later . . . Wow! And, Thanks!

In addition to having a really nice evening at the top of the Rec list, I’ve been hearing from people who were shown the post from their family and friends who had randonly seen it on Daily Kos, Twitter, or Facebook (and who don’t know me). It’s out in the world! The little Facebook meter at the top of the post just passed 20,000, out of this world for anything I have ever posted. [Update 7/31/2016: Over 53,000]

Thank you so much to everyone who recced, shared, and commented.