Zerohedge: It’s the real economy, stupid

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US industry used only 68.3% of available capacity in May 2009

Personal income tax, which accounts for more than a third of state revenues, dropped by 26% in the first four months of 2009

US corporate income taxes plunged 57% to $101.9 billion in 2009

The June 2009 jobless rate reached 9.5%, the highest since 1983

4 million Americans have been looking for work for more than 26 weeks, representing 29% of the unemployed – the most since records began in 1948

New home sales are down 73% from the all time high of 1,283,000 new homes sold in 2005 (mild recession?)

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