Jobs Still Missing From Economic Recovery

[Khephra]

Jobs Still Missing From Economic Recovery
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: November 4, 2003


Filed at 1:59 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are using the ghost of Herbert Hoover to taunt President Bush, who so far has the worst jobs growth record of any president since the Great Depression.

With the economic recovery in full swing, the hiring gains that typically follow have not. The economy lost 2.6 million jobs since Bush took office -- 1 percent in the private sector alone.

Every president since Hoover has seen the economy add jobs. That puts Bush on track to post the worst jobs record in nearly 70 years.

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Where-Are-the-Jobs.html

[JackSwift]

1. I thought Bush the First

had net job loss?

[JeebusH]

2. a recovery based on home re-financing and one-shot rebates ...

isn't a recovery ...

[truthisfreedom]

3. here's the charts

http://www.academycomputerservice.com/economics/charts.htm

[truthisfreedom]

4. specific chart