Ezra Klein says the Bush economic performance is the worst on record. He conveniently overlooks Obama's record. At least there more people working when Bush left office than are working now, after nearly 1 full term for Obama.
Let's look at the
BLS numbers for comparison:
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| 135.6 million working as Clinton watch ends, Bush begins |
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| Just before election in 2004, Bush's economy added 4 million jobs |
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| After nearly a year of recession, net job increases under Bush was nearly 8 million, Obama inherits this |
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| But there are few Americans working today than when Obama took office. At least Bush's economy added jobs after 4 years. |
This doesn't even count the trillion dollar deficits and inflation lurking- especially in gasoline prices. Bush's economy looks a lot better than this.
Digging a bit deeper, Obama's stats are claiming the labor force is basically the same size as when Bush left office. Snicker, snicker. There are more people in the country than when Bush left office, about 10 million more, I've seen.
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