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rdean
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So I'm curious. What kind of jobs were created. How much did they pay? What about the millions of jobs that were moved to China? Why was Bush panicking at the end of his second term? On the last day of Bush's last budget, why was unemployment over 10%?
Oh, so many questions. So few answers.
Worse, look at what it says in your other link:
Manufacturing employment fell by 149,000 in December, the largest over-the-month de-
cline since August 2001. Factory job losses totaled 791,000 in 2008, with nearly half
of the decrease occurring in the fourth quarter. In December, declines were widespread
among the component industries. The largest job losses occurred in fabricated metal
products (-28,000) and motor vehicles and parts (-21,000).
Employment in construction continued to decline (-101,000) in December and has fallen
by 899,000 since peaking in September 2006. Over the month, job losses occurred through-
out the industry.
Within professional and business services, the temporary help industry lost 81,000
jobs in December, bringing job losses in 2008 to 490,000. In December, employment
also fell in the management of companies and enterprises (-8,000) and in architectural
and engineering services (-7,000).
Employment in retail trade declined by 67,000 in December and by 522,000 for all of
2008. More than half of the losses in 2008 occurred in the last 4 months of the year.
In December, employment decreased in automobile dealerships (-22,000), furniture and
home furnishing stores (-8,000), and electronics and appliance stores (-5,000). Whole-
sale trade employment fell by 30,000 over the month and by 164,000 in 2008.
Oh, so many questions. So few answers.
Worse, look at what it says in your other link:
Manufacturing employment fell by 149,000 in December, the largest over-the-month de-
cline since August 2001. Factory job losses totaled 791,000 in 2008, with nearly half
of the decrease occurring in the fourth quarter. In December, declines were widespread
among the component industries. The largest job losses occurred in fabricated metal
products (-28,000) and motor vehicles and parts (-21,000).
Employment in construction continued to decline (-101,000) in December and has fallen
by 899,000 since peaking in September 2006. Over the month, job losses occurred through-
out the industry.
Within professional and business services, the temporary help industry lost 81,000
jobs in December, bringing job losses in 2008 to 490,000. In December, employment
also fell in the management of companies and enterprises (-8,000) and in architectural
and engineering services (-7,000).
Employment in retail trade declined by 67,000 in December and by 522,000 for all of
2008. More than half of the losses in 2008 occurred in the last 4 months of the year.
In December, employment decreased in automobile dealerships (-22,000), furniture and
home furnishing stores (-8,000), and electronics and appliance stores (-5,000). Whole-
sale trade employment fell by 30,000 over the month and by 164,000 in 2008.
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