Since Barack Obama became President:

- The stock market has changed from 8,200 to 6,500, down 20% to the lowest point in more than a decade

- The unemployment rate has changed from 7.6 % to 8.1%, the highest rate since 1983

- Enrollment in the Food Stamp program has changed, jumping to more than 30 million, an increase of 700,000 in a single month

- The U.S. deficit has changed, ballooning to the highest level since World War II

And the changes in the federal government personnel include…

- A tax cheat nominated to be the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary

- A tax cheat nominated to be Treasury Secretary

- A tax cheat nominated to be the U.S. Trade Representative

- A tax cheat nominated to be the government’s Chief Performance Officer

- A man under investigation for a bribery scandal nominated to be Commerce Secretary

So much change… so little hope.