From the Washington Post:
Private employers added 220,00 jobs, moving the total of private-sector jobs created in 2011 to 1.9 million [my emphasis].
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
1.1 million: The number of jobs gained under President George W. Bush.
That would be *eight years* of George W. Bush.
I’m all for a good Bush bash but 1) presidents don’t have nearly the influence on jobs that they are credited with/blamed for having and 2) most reliable accounts put job losses for 2008-2010 at 5-7 million, so even if you want to size up Bush and Obama the latter doesn’t look so great.
(Source: azspot)
Gotta love facts.
I’m all for a good Bush bash but 1) presidents don’t have nearly the influence on jobs that they are credited...
umm there was less unemployment during the bush era…doesn’t this factor in 1.9 million “new jobs” being “created”