Posted on 03/22/2004 1:55:12 PM PST by shrinkermd
Dole camp unimpressed Despite the fact that the United States is now in the third-longest peace-time expansion in history, the campaign staff of Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole said the jobs numbers probably would not help Clinton's campaign that much.Republicans say a slow-growth economy has made workers anxious, and 20 percent of new jobs have gone to people taking a second job to pay their bills.
So who was right in 96? Was 5.6 good or not?
Hmmmm, it is remarkable how little this -- historical record jobs in the USA under W -- has been mentioned amid all the 'negative, hostile, nasty' DemoKerry snarls about 'record job losses'. Perhaps the White House could urge this on to all its friends in the lamestream press ....
Hmmmm, it is remarkable how little this -- historical record jobs in the USA under W -- has been mentioned amid all the 'negative, hostile, nasty' DemoKerry snarls about 'record job losses'. Perhaps the White House could urge this on to all its friends in the lamestream press ....
The fact that bush-bashers have decided that 5.6 in '96 is lower than 5.6 now, is not surprising. The number of people working doesn't matter to a Kerry or Buchanan fan. Likewise, it won't matter how many people are out of work if they get their way.
The part I can't figure out is why they stop at saying 3 million jobs are lost. Why don't they say 30 million, or 300 million?
Household survey says about 136.9 million jobs when he took office. Not the figure you gave.
Household survey says about 136.9 million jobs when he took office. Not the figure you gave.
But what is the theoritical (natural) minimum? Isn't it around 3.5%? Wouldn't that then make 4.2% extremely low and hard to sustain?
-PJ
Exactly! That's the context behind the numbers that always seems to get left out for some reason. Clinton had no problem claiming a growing job base because the long-term numbers supported him. Bush will have a tougher job than Clinton did, even though the absolute unemployment number is the same now as it was in '96. Though unemployment has been coming down for the past few months, the Democrats are going to make the comparison to the 2000 numbers, when Bush took office. Whichever side makes the more compelling argument (Dems-long term decline vs. GOP-short term improvement & turning around) probably wins the election.
Nice try, but it seems 138.5M is record employment even if 'shattery' is rather subjective.
Now, do tell why you would yelp as if MORE JOBS and the SAME UNEMPLOYMENT RATE with W & Beelzebubba is a bad thing. Do you wish to cover for the DemoKerrys whilst they screech about 'record job losses'?
What's Your NIGHTMARISH angle??
I keep thinking that we're beginning to see a shift from employment to inflation as the proof of miserable failure. But now it seems that even when employment goes below 5 percent and the expansion slows because of a labor shortage, the bush-bashers will still be belly-aching for more welfare and protection.
The craving for government assistance has no limits.
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Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
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1992 | 117978 | 117753 | 118144 | 118426 | 118375 | 118419 | 118713 | 118826 | 118720 | 118628 | 118876 | 118997 | |
1993 | 119075 | 119275 | 119542 | 119474 | 120115 | 120290 | 120467 | 120856 | 120554 | 120823 | 121169 | 121464 | |
1994 | 121966 | 122086 | 121930 | 122290 | 122864 | 122634 | 122706 | 123342 | 123687 | 124112 | 124516 | 124721 | |
1995 | 124663 | 124928 | 124955 | 124945 | 124421 | 124522 | 124816 | 124852 | 125133 | 125388 | 125188 | 125088 | |
1996 | 125125 | 125639 | 125862 | 125994 | 126244 | 126602 | 126947 | 127172 | 127536 | 127890 | 127771 | 127860 | |
1997 | 128298 | 128298 | 128891 | 129143 | 129464 | 129412 | 129822 | 130010 | 130019 | 130179 | 130653 | 130679 | |
1998 | 130726 | 130807 | 130814 | 131209 | 131325 | 131244 | 131329 | 131390 | 131986 | 131999 | 132280 | 132602 | |
1999 | 133027 | 132856 | 132947 | 132955 | 133311 | 133378 | 133414 | 133591 | 133707 | 133993 | 134309 | 134523 | |
2000 | 136561(1) | 136599 | 136668 | 137264 | 136611 | 136923 | 136516 | 136701 | 136908 | 137124 | 137316 | 137632 | |
2001 | 137790 | 137581 | 137738 | 137275 | 137063 | 136842 | 137091 | 136314 | 136869 | 136447 | 136234 | 136078 | |
2002 | 135715 | 136362 | 136106 | 136096 | 136505 | 136353 | 136478 | 136811 | 137337 | 137079 | 136545 | 136459 | |
2003 | 137447(1) | 137318 | 137300 | 137578 | 137505 | 137673 | 137604 | 137693 | 137644 | 138095 | 138533 | 138479 | |
2004 | 138566(1) | 138301 | |||||||||||
1 : Data affected by changes in population controls in January 2000, January 2003 and January 2004. |
Yes, I do understand what are properly called secular trends in the work force and, more critically, their statistical foundations. However, you would do well to lecture the DemoKerrys as to their fetish for claiming 'record job losses under Bush' in that they refer to absolute numbers rather than rates. Yet you seem to endorse their wingeing him by one standard and absolving themselves by another -- more liberal, of course -- standard.
You do understand about comparing 'apples to apples', right?
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