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scheming daemons

(25,487 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2014, 08:49 AM Jun 2014

8.7 million jobs were lost during the Great Bush Recession [View all]

Last edited Fri Jun 6, 2014, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)

From September 2008 to February 2010, 8.7 million jobs were lost.

As of today, 8.8 million jobs have been added since then.

It took us 51 months, but we finally got the lost jobs back.

Thanks, Obama!

Edited to add pretty graph.

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8.7 million jobs were lost during the Great Bush Recession [View all] scheming daemons Jun 2014 OP

Due to population growth, we're still 6-10 million jobs in the hole MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #1

U6 is at its lowest since October of 2008 scheming daemons Jun 2014 #4

50% higher than pre-recession MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #11

God, if only we had the pre-recession Bush economy back! DCBob Jun 2014 #20

How so? brush Jun 2014 #7

We need 100,000-150,000 additional jobs per month to break even. MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #10

Wishful, but unlikely IronLionZion Jun 2014 #12

Is it still "green shoots"? DCBob Jun 2014 #18

It's all Obama's fault liberal N proud Jun 2014 #2

Bush was very good at being very bad. deathrind Jun 2014 #3

At least one lost their jobs in early 2009, some of the best losses, and a new Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #5

Fantastic! I'll tell my husband he'd better get his ass to the office, stat. winter is coming Jun 2014 #6

LOL ..... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ! NM_Birder Jun 2014 #8

It's even better when you compare private and gov't jobs. Government (state, local and federal) jobs okaawhatever Jun 2014 #9

I read its well over a million at the state and local level IronLionZion Jun 2014 #13

We are still 3 Million FullTime jobs short econoclast Jun 2014 #14

... napkinz Jun 2014 #15

Does any of this take into account that wages have been reduced. A fast food job rhett o rick Jun 2014 #16

and when bu$h left office the dow was hovering @ 8,000. it's now close to 17,000 spanone Jun 2014 #17

Nice graph! DCBob Jun 2014 #19

... napkinz Jun 2014 #21