162,000 Jobs out of how many millions UNEMPLOYED.
and they trumpet this as being, GOOD NEWS.
GOOD FRIGGEN GRIEF.
Why not? Didn't the right do the same thing when Bush was president?
Remember jobless recovery?
I don't seem to recall the right complaining about that at the time.
(Bureau of Labor Statistics Data)
Republican White House republican Congress
.......Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2000 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 .. . . . . . 3.9
2001 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 .. . . . . . 5.7
2002 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 .. . . . . . 6.0
2003 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 .. . . . . . 5.7
2004 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 .. . . . . . 5.4
2005 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 .. . . . . . 4.9
2006 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 .. . . . . . 4.4
Republican White House & Democrat Congress
2007 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 .. . . . . . 5.0
2008 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.9 .. . . . . . 7.4
Democrat White House & Democrat Congress
2009 7.7 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7 9.8 10.1 10.0 .. . . . 10.0
2010 9.7 9.7
Hmm compare that with the national debt chart and you will see a delayed response pattern. Govt spending does create jobs. with a bit of a lag of course.
Take your figures back to the Reagan presidency. You remember the greatest president ever?
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