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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (24373)	5/21/2004 11:32:40 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

The Truth - "The ad says Bush has lost 2 million jobs ‘so far,’ implying that more losses are coming. In fact, the economy has been gaining jobs since July, when the total decline in jobs since Bush took office hit nearly 2.6 million. That figure has now declined to 2.3 million and is predicted to keep shrinking in months to come. The ad’s central claim – that Bush will finish his term with the economy employing fewer people than when he took office – probably will turn out to be correct – but barely. Private economists are projecting that the economy will continue to gain jobs over the next year, according to Blue Chip Economic Indicators, a survey of private economic forecasters. The average forecast is for a gain of 146,000 jobs per month, which would leave Bush at the end of his term with an economy employing nearly 400,000 fewer workers than when he took office. On the other hand, the most optimistic private economists see the economy gaining enough jobs between now and the end of Bush's term to leave him with a gain. Ten of the 51 surveyed predicted an average gain of 213,000 jobs per month over the next year, which if continued through January 2004 would leave Bush more than half a million jobs to the good."

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (24373)	5/21/2004 11:34:34 AM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

You're crying over a lot of 1/2 of one percent loss of jobs? Clinton's free money lending policies through his twice renominated Federal Reserve Chairman created a stock bubble not seen since the 1920s. I'll blame him for the recession. You're methodology is to blame that misses a tackle on the 1 yard line for a touchdown and not the Defense that allowed the opponent to go from their own 20 yard line down to the goal line.

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (24373)	5/21/2004 11:50:17 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

2.8 million manufacturing jobs gone under Bush. Bushies have stated that out-sourcing is better for us. That is their philosophy. Tell that to the people of Ohio.

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (24373)	5/21/2004 12:02:28 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 81568

The Truth - "The U.S. economy has lost just over 2% percent of the payroll jobs it was generating at the end of the longest boom in American history, which was already weakening in the final months of the Clinton administration. But it lost 3.1% of payroll jobs during the Reagan downturn, which is generally conceded to have been the worst since the Depression. Most of the Bush job loss came in the months just after he took office, and especially in the wake of September 11, 2001 .