Obama scores another victory: Unemployment rate falls to 7.8 percent, hiring continue

[pinqy]

unemployed Jan 2009 11,616,000
unemployed Dec 2012 12,206,000

hmmm Rshermr says that unemployment is getting better, and you reply with the levels for Jan 2009 and Dec 2012, Are you trying to claim that the level has only gone up?

oh, and your numbers are off. The Jan 2009 number has been revised up to 12,079,000

not according to this
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_02062009.pdf
or this
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_03062009.pdf
more are unemployed today than when Obama took office.

How would you expect an archived news release from 2009 to show revisions made AFTER 2009?

If you want current data, including revisions, you need to go to the page for Historical Data or use the Data Retrieval Tool.

An archived news release will only show what was in the news release, not later revisions.

And yes, there are more unemployed today than when Obama took office, but far fewer than the greatest number during his first term (15.4 million in Oct 2009). The rate now is the same as when he took office but there's a huge difference between 7.8% on the up to 10% and 7.8% on the way down from 10%.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

And yes, there are more unemployed today than when Obama took office

this is because liberal programs destroy jobs. If not let one liberal explain how a liberal program can create a real job!! Don't hold your breath.

It's impossible to explain since liberalism is based on pure ignorance.