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9. I'm all for a one year lag too -- besides for the reasons you say, that would help Obama's record

Reply to moose65 (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 6, 2019, 08:33 PM

Jul 2019

too. His first year -- February 2009 through January 2010 -- was a loss of 4,267,000 jobs (an average of 356,000 lost per month), a carryover of the Bush housing crash, and significantly hurting Obama's 8 year total .

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In its 29 months, the Trump economy has created 810,000 FEWER jobs than Obama's last 29 months [View all] progree Jul 2019 OP

To hear the Trumkpsters talk there wasn't ever a job made under doc03 Jul 2019 #1

Yup. Although I thoroughly checked all the number with the official BLS statistics progree Jul 2019 #2

Remember those numbers were fake under Obama, the un-employment was doc03 Jul 2019 #3

You mean like this? progree Jul 2019 #4

Wow he said 40% and 40% of America beleived it. doc03 Jul 2019 #5

25%? LOL. I remember them trying to tell me it was over 70%. Downtown Hound Jul 2019 #7

Trump shouldn't get any credit for any jobs created in 2017. moose65 Jul 2019 #6

I'm all for a one year lag too -- besides for the reasons you say, that would help Obama's record progree Jul 2019 #9

How many of tRumpys 5.6million jobs are/were second or third jobs for the individual NoMoreRepugs Jul 2019 #8

Thank you - I was able JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #10

Thanks for letting me know :-) I'm glad to hear n/t. progree Jul 2019 #11