Why are so many more jobs created by Democratic presidents?

[Sundial]

In his speech last night, Bill Clinton said,

Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24," Clinton said. "In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)." In the packed convention hall, it was one of the night’s biggest applause lines.

42 million vs. 24 is a big difference. Why are so many more jobs created under Democrats?

 

[Richard-H]

In his speech last night, Bill Clinton said,

Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24," Clinton said. "In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)." In the packed convention hall, it was one of the night’s biggest applause lines.

42 million vs. 24 is a big difference. Why are so many more jobs created under Democrats?

Becuase Democrats use a scientific approach to economics while Republicans use more of a religious approach.

 

[Misty]

In his speech last night, Bill Clinton said,

Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24," Clinton said. "In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)." In the packed convention hall, it was one of the night’s biggest applause lines.

42 million vs. 24 is a big difference. Why are so many more jobs created under Democrats?

Cuz democrats create government jobs like 5 guys standing around doing nothing while only one guy is actually needed for the job.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Are these private sector or government? Governemtn jobs dont count, they are a net loss for the country, which is why we should only have important ones and get rid of congressional staffers and such.

 

[Misty]

This might be another reason; The Democrats had full control for 32 years and the Republicans had full control for 23 years.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

You do realize that fewer Americans are working now than in 2009?

Of course you do.

 

[Sundial]

Are these private sector or government? Governemtn jobs dont count, they are a net loss for the country, which is why we should only have important ones and get rid of congressional staffers and such.

Those are private-sector jobs, not public.

 

[Sundial]

This might be another reason; The Democrats had full control for 32 years and the Republicans had full control for 23 years.

It was 28 years (Republicans) vs. 24 years (Democrats).

 

[Full-Auto]

In his speech last night, Bill Clinton said,

Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24," Clinton said. "In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)." In the packed convention hall, it was one of the night’s biggest applause lines.

42 million vs. 24 is a big difference. Why are so many more jobs created under Democrats?

Simple answer.....

They give away more of the treasury................

 

[blastoff]

Hey, when you can get dead people to vote jobs are a walk in the park for the Dimocrats.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Um, Jimmy Carter and Obamination have the worst job creation numbers of all-time.

Bill Clinton had the benefit of a GOP Congress.

JFK, a moderate, followed many GOP economic tenants like lower taxes.

So in the end Bill Clinton's comments are nothing but bullshit, especially given the job creation under Reagan cleaning up Jimmy Carter's mess.

 

[auditor0007]

In his speech last night, Bill Clinton said,

Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24," Clinton said. "In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)." In the packed convention hall, it was one of the night’s biggest applause lines.

42 million vs. 24 is a big difference. Why are so many more jobs created under Democrats?

We had a period of massive growth when Clinton was president. Somewhere around 20 million new jobs were created during his two terms. Reagan was the only Republican to show massive job growth with around 16 million new jobs created. GW Bush's two terms in office were a lost eight years as job growth was nearly zero after all the losses at the end of his term.

As for the reason, it is hard to say; it might actually just boil down to shear luck. The economy goes through ups and downs and a lot of the time, economic policy from the government has little to do with the actual results. As an example, I would be willing to bet money that no matter whether Obama or Romney is elected, the next four years the economy will grow at a much faster pace and we will see significant growth. I don't believe it will be the type of growth we saw during Clinton's second term, but we will see growth above 3%, and it won't matter which of these two is President. The bigger question will be which one will lead us to a more balanced budget. Based on the last forty years or so, I would think Obama would be more likely to get us closer to a balanced budget, and based on the fact Romney wants to cut taxes significantly, I think he would end up making our long term debt much worse.

 

[francoHFW]

Pubs' pandering to the rich and cronyism hurts the nonrich and the country, only produces bubbles and busts where the rich make money and the nonrich pay the bills...GREAT sales/con men tho....

 

[Sundial]

You do realize that fewer Americans are working now than in 2009?

Of course you do.

Nope. There's a net increase of 332,000 private sector jobs as of yesterday. That doesn't include the numbers for Aug., which won't come out for a couple of days.

 

[GoneBezerk]

Wow, dumbfuck.....23 million out of work and you're celebrating 332K new jobs.

Uh, figure out the math. You're like an idiot with an F in a class celebrating you got a D on a quiz.

You do realize that fewer Americans are working now than in 2009?

Of course you do.

Nope. There's a net increase of 332,000 private sector jobs as of yesterday. That doesn't include the numbers for Aug., which won't come out for a couple of days.

 

[Oddball]

Why are so many more jobs created by Democratic presidents?

What's meant is "why does it appear that more jobs are created under Democrat presidents?"

The answer is easy...Because they refuse to count every job destroyed in the private sector for every one "created" in the bureaucracy.

 

[Avatar4321]

Um, Jimmy Carter and Obamination have the worst job creation numbers of all-time.

Bill Clinton had the benefit of a GOP Congress.

JFK, a moderate, followed many GOP economic tenants like lower taxes.

So in the end Bill Clinton's comments are nothing but bullshit, especially given the job creation under Reagan cleaning up Jimmy Carter's mess.

I would attribute Clinton's job success more to the random tech boom that occured in the 90s.

I dont think it was any Democrat policy. Just mere coincidence. Had the tech boom occured with less government involvement, i think we could have seen much more success.

 

[Truthseeker420]

Because GOP gives away stimulus such as TARP to a few billionaires to stick billions in offshore accounts while Democrats give stimulus such American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to create 3 million jobs for consumers.

 

[Sundial]

Um, Jimmy Carter and Obamination have the worst job creation numbers of all-time.

Bill Clinton had the benefit of a GOP Congress.

JFK, a moderate, followed many GOP economic tenants like lower taxes.

So in the end Bill Clinton's comments are nothing but bullshit, especially given the job creation under Reagan cleaning up Jimmy Carter's mess.

Nope. There were 9 million jobs created under Carter, and 332,000 (so far) for Obama.

The worst job creation numbers were for our last president - Bush. 646,000 jobs were lost during the Bush 2 years.

Edit: that's LOST, not gained.

 

[Avatar4321]

I find the numbers questionable. We dont have a ton of job creation with unemployment above 8%