Are these Obama job stats accurate?

Forums: Politics
Email this Topic • Print this Page

http://www.barackobama.com/images/issues/economy/jobs_graph_large_feb10.gif

Topic Stats
Top Replies
Link to this Topic

Type: Question • Score: 4 • Views: 646 • Replies: 15

[+3] - sozobe - 02/17/2010The thing on the side says "Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 02/12/2010" There may be some massaging, I don't know yet (sure to turn up somewhere if so). I think it's probably...

@Amigo,

The thing on the side says "Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 02/12/2010"

There may be some massaging, I don't know yet (sure to turn up somewhere if so).

I think it's probably pretty accurate, and I love the graphic -- great way to put things in perspective.

1 Reply

Waiting for okie and icon.

0 Replies

@sozobe,

I don't think either president can be blamed/credited for very much of that. What it most says to me is that Obama became president at the height of the recession, right when the trajectory began to turn.

2 Replies

@Robert Gentel,

That's possible, but it still effectively counters some damaging (and inaccurate) narratives.

0 Replies

I think alot of these people took massive paycuts when they rejoined the workforce. Meaning they got laidoff of there 20 an hour w/ benifits job, went six months without work and then took a job for 10 an hour with no benifits or at least thats what I am seeing in the new labor in my industry.

0 Replies

@Robert Gentel,

The stimulus bill happened right about the point that things changed.

0 Replies

Donate your Twitter icon for stimulus.

http://archive.salon.com/news/politics/barack_obama/

1 Reply

@Irishk,

Great link Irishk!!! Thank you.

1 Reply

@Amigo,

You're welcome! Smile

0 Replies

Jim Hightower: Free market hypocrites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8VGuO8cZw

1 Reply

@Amigo,

I bet you read his communist paper that attacks our wonderful economic system!

2 Replies

@rabel22,

Quote:

I bet you read his communist paper that attacks our wonderful economic system!

I would like to read it, but I don't read Swahili.

0 Replies

@rabel22,

rabel22 wrote:

I bet you read his communist paper that attacks our wonderful economic system!

Is he telling me the truth? Then I'd read it. Thay can call it anything, If their telling me the truth and searching out the facts and their communist....then we need communist.

1 Reply

@Amigo,

Twas a joke. I read his paper and subscribe to it. Much good information about the ties between government and business interests. But the conseratives on this site will dissmiss it out of hand because it is liberal. And he has facts to back up his articles.

1 Reply

@rabel22,

rabel22 wrote:

Twas a joke. I read his paper and subscribe to it. Much good information about the ties between government and business interests. But the conseratives on this site will dissmiss it out of hand because it is liberal. And he has facts to back up his articles.

I'm sorry, you would think I would catch that.

I don't even see Hightower as liberal. Hes just a guy talking to me. I seem to understand him pretty well. At least he is clear.

0 Replies

Are these Obama job stats accurate?

Related Topics

Quick Links

My Account

able2know