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Inauguration of president obama (leadership)
Marking the beginning of a plus (+) $7,060,259,674,497.51 debt that only grows to this day. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/US_President_Barack_Obama_taking_his_Oath_of_Office_-_2009Jan20.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008 -
Worst week in stock market in 75 years, economy had lost a whopping 159,000 jobs in the prior month (savings)
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Barack Obama introduces tax cuts and uses federal funds in an effort to retain/create jobs and encourage greater economic growth (budget) http://s190.photobucket.com/user/JekyllnHyde_photos/media/September%207th%202010/83085_600.jpg.html
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Federal minimum wage increases from 6.55/hr. to 7.25/hr- increases strain on business owners (budget) http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS_DATA/LatestEconData/Chronology/chronology.htm.
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2010- Congress passed the Healthcare reform bill to try and better provide Healthcare to the American people (budget) http://ginacobb.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c2c6053ef01310f870691970c-500wi
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Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges take action (budget)
- The uninsured will have affordable options
- Insurance coverage expanded http://lancasteronline.com/business/local_business/how-many-businesses-cut-part-time-hours-because-of-the/article_ac4f4222-da0c-11e4-a781-8b89eae32ecd.html -
Two legislative houses unable to compromise on funding, government shutdown due to lack of funding for the beginning of the 2014 fiscal year. Lowered fourth quarter 2013 GDP by 0.6%, a loss of 6 billion dollars (budget).
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Russia bans import of beef, pork, fruit, vegetables, poultry, fish, cheeses and milk from the United States- decreases overall GDP of the United States (trade) http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS_DATA/LatestEconData/Chronology/chronology.htm.
