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Personal Income Down 3.2% During Obama's Tenure. The Washington Times (4/13, Curl) reports, "Real personal income for Americans -- excluding government payouts such as Social Security - -has fallen by 3.2 percent since President Obama took office in January 2009, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis." Adds the Times, "For comparison, real personal income during the first 15 months in office for President George W. Bush, who inherited a milder recession from his predecessor, dropped 0.4 percent."
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