seems the author forgets something...obama inherited this mess.
Of course he did, didn't matter that Democrats controlled the Congress from January 2007 and we all know that we pay those high Congressional salaries to people who do nothing. Congress, the legislative branch has no influence on the economy because we elect an almighty King that controls everything. Do you realize how foolish you sound?
You still believe what Obama tells you, why? Obama told us that if we passed the stimulus plan unemployment would not exceed 8%. That was a lie. Obama told us that he inherited the deficit, since deficits are yearly and he took office in January of fiscal year 2009 he inherited nothing but instead created most of it and has added on another 1 trillion this year with three months to go in fiscal year 2010.
Keep buying the Obama rhetoric because that is all you and others have. This thread is about Obama the jobs killer and here are the facts to prove it. These numbers come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and show both the total number of unemployed by month and the total number of discouraged workers that have dropped out of the labor market which are also unemployed. Add the two numbers together to get the total unemployment. that is the definition of a job killer and Obama spent over a trillion dollars to get these numbers.
This is what the public sees which contradicts what Obama says. That is why Obama poll numbers are dropping.
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2000 5708 5858 5733 5481 5758 5651 5747 5853 5625 5534 5639 5634
2001 6023 6089 6141 6271 6226 6484 6583 7042 7142 7694 8003 8258
2002 8182 8215 8304 8599 8399 8393 8390 8304 8251 8307 8520 8640
2003 8520 8618 8588 8842 8957 9266 9011 8896 8921 8732 8576 8317
2004 8370 8167 8491 8170 8212 8286 8136 7990 7927 8061 7932 7934
2005 7784 7980 7737 7672 7651 7524 7406 7345 7553 7453 7566 7279
2006 7059 7185 7075 7122 6977 6998 7154 7097 6853 6728 6883 6784
2007 7085 6898 6725 6845 6765 6966 7113 7096 7200 7273 7284 7696
2008 7628 7435 7793 7631 8397 8560 8895 9509 9569 10172 10617 11400
2009 11919 12714 13310 13816 14518 14721 14534 14993 15159 15612 15340 15267
2010 14837 14871 15005 15260 14973 14623
Discouraged workers
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2000 236 267 258 331 280 309 266 203 253 232 236 269 262
2001 301 287 349 349 328 294 310 337 285 331 328 348 321
2002 328 375 330 320 414 342 405 378 392 359 385 403 369
2003 449 450 474 437 482 478 470 503 388 462 457 433 457
2004 432 484 514 492 476 478 504 534 412 429 392 442 466
2005 515 485 480 393 392 476 499 384 362 392 404 451 436
2006 396 386 451 381 323 481 428 448 325 331 349 274 381
2007 442 375 381 399 368 401 367 392 276 320 349 363 369
2008 467 396 401 412 400 420 461 381 467 484 608 642 462
2009 734 731 685 740 792 793 796 758 706 808 861 929 778
2010 1065 1204 994 1197 1083 1207