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reACTIONary

(5,770 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:13 PM Jan 2012

Obama created more jobs than Steve Jobs' Apple

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/25/technology/apple_steve_jobs/index.htm?iid=HP_LN

There's no doubt that Apple is doing far better than the U.S. economy as a whole. But that doesn't mean Steve Jobs had a better jobs record than Barack Obama.

"The late Steve Jobs -- what a fitting name he had -- created more of them than all those stimulus dollars the President borrowed and blew," Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels proclaimed.

The only problem with that nice play on the Apple founder's name is that Daniels' math just doesn't add up, no matter how successful and valuable Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) has become.


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Obama created more jobs than Steve Jobs' Apple (Original Post) reACTIONary Jan 2012 OP
Steve Jobs created most of his "jobs" in CHINA Mr. Daniels nt msongs Jan 2012 #1
There ya go! That's it in one sentence! nt MADem Jan 2012 #6
Thought you were talking about Romney there ... zbdent Jan 2012 #9
More Republican fuzzy math BlueCaliDem Jan 2012 #2
Love it that Apple opened a store in the old Grand Central in Manhattan! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2012 #3
There a numerous secondary jobs created by Apple mostly in software development, which is ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #4
Mitch Lies. BiggJawn Jan 2012 #5
You have my sympathy! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #8
Daniels' entire "response" was a load of stinking lies-- BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2012 #7
No wonder this country is in the shape it's in when people so bad with math zbdent Jan 2012 #10

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
2. More Republican fuzzy math
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:39 PM
Jan 2012

Do we really need these types in government now we're finally beginning to come back from a recession?

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
3. Love it that Apple opened a store in the old Grand Central in Manhattan!
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 08:46 PM
Jan 2012

Better than the restaurant that was there...

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
4. There a numerous secondary jobs created by Apple mostly in software development, which is
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:35 PM
Jan 2012

fairly well paid. Then there are those of suppliers, some of whom are in the US.

Neither side is playing it straight with the number, not that it should surprise anyone.

BiggJawn

(23,051 posts)
5. Mitch Lies.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:27 PM
Jan 2012

I should know, I've had to put up with this Rand-Bot as Governor for 7 years.

"Of course there are lots of other workers at Apple suppliers who actually assemble the iPhones, iPads and other products. The New York Times recently reported that there are 700,000 of those workers at other companies..."

Are those the people in China that they have to catch in nets when they try to jump to their deaths out the factory windows?

Daniels and his ilk get hard and throbbing over the prospects of bringing working conditions like that to Murrika.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
7. Daniels' entire "response" was a load of stinking lies--
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 10:51 AM
Jan 2012

I was infuriated!!! And the commentators let it all slip by, as if it were a valid, respectable speech.

OK, they did comment that it was very much the Republican viewpoint, but they did nothing to refute the made-up blather presented as if it were fact in every sentence.

AGHHH!!! Goddammit! Letting a lie stand uncorrected isn't reporting!!! It isn't fair and balanced, it isn't respect for differing opinions!!!!!!! It's WEAK and IGNORANT!!!

Argghh!! Arrrrrrghhhh!!!! Arrrghhhhhhh AAaaarGHHH!

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
10. No wonder this country is in the shape it's in when people so bad with math
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:40 AM
Jan 2012

are in charge of running this country ...

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