2012 US economic year in review: 75 unbelievable statistics of futility!

In a year-end review of the US economy this article contains 75 economic statistics that point to the fact that conditions in the US are deteriorating rather than improving. To add insult to injury, the country faces four more years of the same leadership that helped to put us in the financial hole that we find ourselves in! And the final absurdity is that facing an economic crisis the POTUS and members of Congress left town for vacation!