19. The percentage by which home prices in 20 U.S. cities fell over 2008, "the fastest drop on record, as demand plummeted and foreclosures rose."
41%. The jobless rate in Mendota, California, where "the town's social fabric is tearing at the seams. Alcoholism and crime are on the rise. To save money, some mothers wash and re-use disposable diapers. Unemployed men with nothing to do wander the streets and sit on benches."
$12.8 Trillion. The amount of money the government and Federal Reserve have "spent, lent, or guaranteed," an amount that "approaches the value of everything produced in the country last year, to stem the longest recession since the 1930s."
Zero. The number of shits conservatives not personally affected by the crisis evidently give about the people who are.
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