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So you post a link with an obvious misstatement and we're supposed to take you seriously?No, he's looking at a campaign website for Connecticut's 5th district. That isn't the entire country but he's too stupid to figure that out.You inverted your number, it was 4.2
Starting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
Yeah, I guess what happened 4 years ago means less than what happened 6 years ago.
Still, it's nice to get confirmation from the Left that Obama has not solved anything.
The link was about the unemployment rate in the entire country. Obviously you are too stupid to read the link correctly. That being said, if there is an error it is not mine, its the link. That is why we all should provide links so they can be scrutinized.
However, either way, that still does not detract from the op. Even if Bush inherited a 4.2% unemployment rate it was no where near that when he left office. The unemployment rate under Obama has still declined below the rate it was when he took office.
It's called the Workforce Participation Rate. Go check it out to see what a fucking disaster clown your president is.Care to expound on that?Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
I believe what he is saying is that less of a PERCENTAGE of total population is working now....however, MORE people are working now.]
No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.
Can you clarify pinqy? The population is probably larger now, but percentage wise less people are employed currently. So we are making a comparision between Bush's highest unemployment rate and Obama's lowest? How is that a fair comparison or even noteworthy?
Ain't it funny how even those who think they are smart don't realize how stupid they are for failing to see the numbers are wrong and don't match when all the data is laid out together.It's called the Workforce Participation Rate. Go check it out to see what a fucking disaster clown your president is.Care to expound on that?Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
Since you did not provide a link I wonder if anything you said was true.Starting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
You don't lie about unemployment figures because 16 million Americans who used to have jobs have exhausted their government unemployment benefits. Those people didn't just disappear. They weren't alien abducted.
They're still unemployed or way underemployed. "But they don't count," says the White House. "If they aren't on some kind of government dole, well then that means they're not unemployed." That's the stilted logic of the left. That's the great lie of the left.
How long do you think the left can subsist on a foundation of bullshit? The real unemployment rate in America? Probably 12%. Stop blaming Obama and Bush. The one person responsible for the economic disaster that hit the world in 2007 was Bill Clinton, period.
Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
Go in your blame bush wonderland with unicorns and butterflies and happy music If I have to explain what I said you are to fucking stupid to try and do it.Care to expound on that?Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
how do you figure?Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
Go back and slowly say out loud what you wrote and think about it for a second.IN
how do you figure?Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
January, 2009
Labor Force = 154,210,000
Population = 234,739,000
So the participation rate was 154,210/234,739,000= 65.7%
September 2014
Labor Force = 155,862,000 THE LABOR FORCE IS BIGGER
Population = 248,446,000
Participation rate= 155,862,000/248,446,000 = 62.7%
The number of people in the Labor Force is bigger.
The percent of the population in the Labor Force is lower.
What do you think is contradictory?
The unemployment rate was made worse by the welfare/warfare party to which Bush and Obama belong .Go back and slowly say out loud what you wrote and think about it for a second.IN
how do you figure?Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
January, 2009
Labor Force = 154,210,000
Population = 234,739,000
So the participation rate was 154,210/234,739,000= 65.7%
September 2014
Labor Force = 155,862,000 THE LABOR FORCE IS BIGGER
Population = 248,446,000
Participation rate= 155,862,000/248,446,000 = 62.7%
The number of people in the Labor Force is bigger.
The percent of the population in the Labor Force is lower.
What do you think is contradictory?
More people are working but fewer people are working now.
I didn't say that.Go back and slowly say out loud what you wrote and think about it for a second.IN
how do you figure?Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are nowStarting in Jan. 20, 2001, at the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, the rate was 2.4 percent, but by the time he left in January 2009 it had reached 7 percent. The rate now is 5.9% and is on track to get even lower.
January, 2009
Labor Force = 154,210,000
Population = 234,739,000
So the participation rate was 154,210/234,739,000= 65.7%
September 2014
Labor Force = 155,862,000 THE LABOR FORCE IS BIGGER
Population = 248,446,000
Participation rate= 155,862,000/248,446,000 = 62.7%
The number of people in the Labor Force is bigger.
The percent of the population in the Labor Force is lower.
What do you think is contradictory?
More people are working but fewer people are working now.
Yes you did so that you don't understand you said it that way.I didn't say that.Go back and slowly say out loud what you wrote and think about it for a second.IN
how do you figure?Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are now
January, 2009
Labor Force = 154,210,000
Population = 234,739,000
So the participation rate was 154,210/234,739,000= 65.7%
September 2014
Labor Force = 155,862,000 THE LABOR FORCE IS BIGGER
Population = 248,446,000
Participation rate= 155,862,000/248,446,000 = 62.7%
The number of people in the Labor Force is bigger.
The percent of the population in the Labor Force is lower.
What do you think is contradictory?
More people are working but fewer people are working now.
First, I wasn't talking about the number of people working, I was talking about the labor force, which is employed PLUS UNEMPLOYED.
Second, I said the number in the the labor force is bigger but the PERCENT of the population in the labor force is smaller.
Do you really not understand how percentages work? I showed the math...it's pretty straightforward
Your chart is from April. The latest data is from September…146.6 million.
Since you did not provide a link I wonder if anything you said was true.
I wrote:"No, more people are participating now,"Yes you did so that you don't understand you said it that way.I didn't say that.Go back and slowly say out loud what you wrote and think about it for a second.IN
how do you figure?Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.
January, 2009
Labor Force = 154,210,000
Population = 234,739,000
So the participation rate was 154,210/234,739,000= 65.7%
September 2014
Labor Force = 155,862,000 THE LABOR FORCE IS BIGGER
Population = 248,446,000
Participation rate= 155,862,000/248,446,000 = 62.7%
The number of people in the Labor Force is bigger.
The percent of the population in the Labor Force is lower.
What do you think is contradictory?
More people are working but fewer people are working now.
First, I wasn't talking about the number of people working, I was talking about the labor force, which is employed PLUS UNEMPLOYED.
Second, I said the number in the the labor force is bigger but the PERCENT of the population in the labor force is smaller.
Do you really not understand how percentages work? I showed the math...it's pretty straightforward
The economic stats come from Census, BLS, and BEA. They keep desperate from the policy parts of the government and no one in the administration has access to the data.Since you did not provide a link I wonder if anything you said was true.
Are you for real, Homer? I guess because the White House puts up a "link", that means their mountains of propaganda are true? How many times has this president been caught lying? 500 times? 1000 times? Are you really so stupid that you believe the unemployment rate in the US is below 6%? You know what Lenin meant by "useful idiot" don't you?
Did you know that Bushs first child was ISIS?6 years later and it's still BOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!!
My off the wall conjecture is: most of the unemployed are low skilled or high school grad workers is my best guess....when you see unemployment rates for the male black community running at 20% and the higher late teen unemployment rates, though college grads are also suffering in higher numbers too, so maybe it is not necessarily low skilled but 'inexperienced workers'' are having a tougher time? So the higher skilled workers/jobs are probably doing okay....?People on both sides can and do skew and cherry pick numbers the key questions here are the jobs high skill high paying jobs or low skill low paying ones people are taking and are they full or part time? The type of jobs being created is just as important if not more important than the number created.
