2. The Housing Industry Commercial real-estate fell 7.6% in May 2009 Both dollar volume and transaction count reached record lows The indexes are down 29% from a year ago and 35% from Oct. 2007 peak In April it dropped 8.6% This makes a two month decline of 16%

3. Banking Industry More banks have failed in the last couple months than in all of 2008 As of Sept. 23 2009 119 banks and counting have failed

4. Banking Failures

5. Automotive Industry

7. Unemployment Rates form August 2008 & August 2009 2008 2009 Alabama 5.2%10.4% California 7.6%12.2% District of Columbia 7.2%11.1% Kentucky 6.7%11.1% Michigan 8.6%15.2% Montana 4.6%6.6%

8. Unemployment Rates Without Recovery act, and Projected Actual

9. Free Enterprise!!!!

10. Citations Wallstreetjournal.com Wiki.answers.com/Q/what year did general motors start Google.comCNN.comGoogleimages.comCSNBC.com http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/obama%20with%20mic%20jan%2018%202008.jpg http://juicyestates.com/files/2009/01/foreclosure-for-sale-sign-with-house-drop.jpg http://www.fdic.gov/about/strategic/corporate/cfo_report_4qtr_08/image/bank_failures_by_state. gif http://www.fdic.gov/about/strategic/corporate/cfo_report_4qtr_08/image/bank_failures_by_state. gif http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/04/13/77-billion-more-to-bail-out-bankrupt-gm/