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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
I found this article on Yahoo, it's pretty good and cuts thru the bullshit we keep getting told by everyone.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-Camp...53179.html?x=0
Net job losses under Bush, from the employment peak in December 2007 through January 2009:
Total: 4.4 million
Private sector: 4.6 million
Government: 250,000 gain
Net job losses under Obama, January 2009--September 2010:
Total: 3.3 million
Private sector: 3 million
Government: 357,000 |
So in a nutshell, both Bush and Obama are roughly equally bad, or at best, equally ineffective.
Not surprising, since both major parties are basically one in the same - there's not any meaningful difference, but then there hasn't been for decades...
It's much akin to major league baseball teams, which for the most part are pretty equal (USA Today just ran an article regarding that topic), and yet most baseball fans feel "their team" is much better / different than the others when in reality they're pretty similar.
As far as job stats ... one needs to closely analyze the government data to get any semblance of the true picture regarding jobs. In addition, not all jobs are equal - many pay far less than the jobs of yesteryear...
$8-$15 seems to the be the new pay range for all sorts of jobs, including office, low-management jobs, and manufacturing - the era of $20/hour even at union shops is rapidly disappearing - heck, saw some articles awhile back regarding union autoworkers, who are often associated with high wages, that many in that field are now only getting around $12-$14 per hour with limited benefits.
Ron