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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAugust jobs: 2007 (-18,000), 2008 (-274,000), 2012 (+96,000)
August 2007: - 18,000
August 2008: - 274,000
August 2009: - 231,000
August 2010: - 51,000 (worsened by Census layoffs)
August 2011: + 85,000
August 2012: + 96,000
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1128574/-Government-reports-96-000-new-jobs-for-August-Official-jobless-rate-at-8-1-U6-at-14-7
Better off? Hell yes!
Economy Adds 96K Jobs In August, Unemployment Ticks Down To 8.1%
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021293762
BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)It's a miracle to continue to have job growth when they are doing everything they can to suppress the economy for political reasons.
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)I assume those numbers are out there, no?
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)fugop
(1,828 posts)Almost makes me wish the Dems had someone to "Perot" a speech - stand up there with charts and graphs like this and show people the reality.
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)someone else wants to...
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)spanone
(135,823 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)and that we can't go back to the policies that brought this on in the first place.
riverbendviewgal
(4,252 posts)He knows it will get better. What a convention full of intelligent speakers and at least half or more of women.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)They've been completely taken over by their corporate overlords... I mean, "underwriters."
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)people for months/years have known this is a weak jobs recovery. What Obama is pointing out is that he stabilized an economy on the brink of depression and thru his efforts saved the auto industry and began to plant the seeds to a bigger recovery all over the opposition of the GOP. Despite everything the GOP did he has provided 29 straight months of private sector job growth and created more jobs than George W. Bush did in 8 years.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)The unemployment rate would have risen to 8.4%.
On what planet is that 'good'?
"On what planet is that 'good'?"
...on this one: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021294327
And this one:
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/09/07/13727699-about-that-unemployment-rate
Spin that however you'd like.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)Jump start local government and we will jump start the economy!