Rshermr
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Well, yes. Since, after all, we were losing jobs at the rate of 500,000 to 700,000 per month at the time he took office. Job losses continued until June of 2010. So, we gained 3 to 4 million jobs since then. Looks likely that we lost MORE jobs before the upturn. BLS shows increases in jobs, but I have not tried to find a total. Really immaterial, overall, as the question is what can be done to increase jobs faster."now" is July 2011? Who knew?1. "In Saturday’s weekly address President Obama said we’ve created nearly 4 million new jobs in the United States in the last 2 years."
Obama Claims 4 Million New Jobs « Inform The Pundits!
2. "In the State of the Union Address on January 24th 2012, President Obama said:
In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than 3 million jobs. (Applause) – Barack Obama, State of the Union, 1/24/2012" Ibid.
3 .the White House link to the video includes a pretty graphic that clearly shows that 3.2 million new jobs had been created.
Thirteen days later, in an Obama campaign ad on February 6th 2012, the President said:
There’s more work to do, but you might be surprised to hear the progress we’ve made. Twenty-three straight months of jobs growth, nearly 3.7 million jobs added.
– Barack Obama, Campaign Ad, 2/6/2012
Now, in last Saturday’s White House Weekly Address, President Obama upped that number to “nearly” 4 million..." Ibid.
Now...ready?
4. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are fewer people employed now than back in January 2009 when Barack Obama was sworn in as President, and there are more people unemployed now than in January 2009.
Back then, a reported 142 million people had jobs. In July 2011, 139.2 million people had jobs.