You don't make it much of a challenge, do you?
You should exclude the job losses associated with mess the President needed to clean up (i.e. recession) after Bubba left office. Keep talking...it helps you so much at the ballot box.
But really, does anyone really think that the economic growth started two months after 911?
Lousy data, lousy results, thesis rejected. Sorry, you can't move into the bonus round.
The numbers ignore the downturn that happens in every economic cycle.
Alot of those jobs were lost not because of bush, but because of 9/11. There was the internet bubble(not bush either), but yet it's partially because of the tax cuts(among other things) that have brought the market back, allowing so many jobs to be created.
There's your refute.(the shortened version)
What is the current unemployment rate? What was it during the Klinton years? Are there more or less people of working age now than ever before? What does it take to refute your gibberish? It's obvious that TRUTH has nothing to do with a "staunch Bush supporter" like yourself. If you were a staunch athletic supporter, many boys would not have the equipment to become mature men.
National Bureau of Economic Research? Run the board of directors through open secrets.org and they appear to be an arm of the DNC. Kerry, DNC, MoveOn.org, all the usual loony left causes are there.
Nice try troll, but you'll find Conservatives don't just eat the moonbat stew portioned out by Kos and Atrios.
Owl_Eagle(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
Do YOU have a job?
Explain how you want so many new jobs added when unemployment is so low? I mean, if 100% of the employable population was employed, you would see ZERO jobs added, making that the "worst economy ever". Moron.
Is it just me or are these stats totally garbage?!
ZOT
IB4Z????!!!!
LOLOL........your fake phony story won't feed a single starving child. Aren't you ashamed?
Find a realistic job creation index that measures the growth of jobs created by people starting their own businesses or working as independent contractors, or otherwise choosing to be entrepreneurs and work for themselves.
Then, get back to us.
ANSWER ME!
Surprisingly, you seem to be acquainted with the Spellchecker. Unusual for a troll, your peers must be so proud.
Finally!
In before the zotting of another lame brain!
IB4TZ
Care to include the starting and ending Unemployment rate for those? It is a lot easier to go from 8-12% to 6% than go from 6% to 5% so naturally more jobs will be created in the first expansion part than the 2nd as the Unemployment Rate is already a lot lower. In other words, job saturation was already a lot higher in 2001 than the other periods.
Uh...yeah. The buggy whip, chimney sweeping and ice delivery industries have been hit very hard.
Finally, I find the best indicator is, what is going on with me, my family and friends. Anyone out there unemployed? No. Anyone out there unable to find desirable work? Nope. Anyone cutting back on spending? No, frugal but spending is still fun. Anyone's real estate values going bust? Heck no. Wait a week and you'll be paying $2,000. more for that home you are looking at.
What is that saying: Figures lie and liars figure? I don't know, it's something like that, I have the flu. I'd rather look around me and I gotta tell you: Nice Recovery George Bush. They all figured we were headed for Armageddon. Oh, excuse me, I meant a Depression.
