November 4, 2016
GOOD THING WE DIDN'T ELECT MAVERICK OR MITT...:
Barack Obama's Criminally Underrated Jobs Record (DEREK THOMPSON, 11/04/16, The Atlantic)
Since June 2015, the economy has created more than 3.2 million jobs-- more than the number of jobs in 38 separate states and roughly equal to the number of workers in states like Massachusetts or Washington. In the last 15 months, the labor force has added another Bay State.When Barack Obama took office, the unemployment rate was passing 8 percent on its way to 10 percent. But U.S. unemployment has now been at 5 percent or below every month for a full year.The economy created 11 million jobs under President Obama, which is (literally) quasi-infinitely more than the number of jobs created under President George W. Bush, since his jobs created total was about 400,000 below zero. The economy has now added jobs for 73 consecutive months, a record.
...who promised a less robust economy.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 4, 2016 6:56 PM