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Obama's Job Creation Claims
Townhall.com ^ | November 3, 2012 | Political Calculations

Posted on 11/03/2012 7:49:18 AM PDT by Kaslin

President Obama has been claiming while out on the campaign trail that he has created over five million jobs since being sworn into office in January 2009.

Today, we're going to adapt the chart we normally feature after each monthly employment situation report to see what the real numbers are, by age group!

Our chart below reveals what we found.

Overall, we find that there are 743,000 fewer employed teens through October 2012 as compared to January 2009, while young adults between the ages of 20 and 24 saw their numbers increase by just 497,000. Adults Age 25 or older saw their numbers among the employed ranks of the U.S. workforce increase by a relatively lackluster 1,443,000.

Altogether, that brings President Obama's total jobs created for his presidency up to 1,197,000, about 76% below his claimed job creation figure of 5,000,000. Put another way, President Obama's net job creation ability is less than one-fourth as good as he claims it to be. And where teen employment is concerned, outright negative.

Corrected: Change in Number of Employed by Age Group Since Total Employment Peaked in November 2007 (through 2012) - Obama Job Gain Notes

All of the positive net gain in jobs for President Obama have come within the last three months after having been stalled out in the first half of 2012. This outcome is consistent with our observation that the U.S. economy went through a microrecession in the second quarter of 2012, followed by a much more robust performance in the third quarter.

We continue to anticipate that growth in the U.S. economy will decelerate off its third quarter pace, which will likely be more negatively affected by the disruptive effects of Hurricane Sandy in the northeastern United States than we had originally forecast.


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1 posted on 11/03/2012 7:49:21 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

If Romney wins and the economy starts REALLY picking up, just watch the media. They will claim it’s because of the policies that Zer0 put in place before Romney took over. The framework was already in place and now Romney reaps the benefits.

Mark my word.


2 posted on 11/03/2012 7:55:20 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: Kaslin
Obama's Job Creation Claims

Too bad for the lying SOB kenyan that talking isn't doing!

The 0bama Regime has Been an Unmitigated Disaster for America!

3 posted on 11/03/2012 7:56:04 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Win One For The Gipper!!!!!! Nov 6, 2012)
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To: Kaslin

Wait. What?

Are they saying Obama’s a liar?


4 posted on 11/03/2012 7:56:54 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: unixfox
If Romney wins and the economy starts REALLY picking up, just watch the media. They will claim it’s because of the policies that Zer0 put in place before Romney took over. The framework was already in place and now Romney reaps the benefits.

We all know that will be BS but I would initially agree with them just to get them beyond pissed off. They deserve it for all of the BS the left has put us through.

5 posted on 11/03/2012 8:10:59 AM PDT by frogjerk (OBAMA NOV 2012 = HORSEMEAT)
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To: Kaslin

Bump


6 posted on 11/03/2012 8:24:30 AM PDT by JIM O
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To: Kaslin


7 posted on 11/03/2012 8:43:01 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then." -- Philip K. Dick)
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