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To: koan who wrote (13695)	3/26/2012 12:36:19 PM
From: sm1th	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The jobs situation has improved ever since Obama was elected. You found one meaningless statistic which supports your position. Here is a better one, total employment. Even though the working age population has increased by about 4 mil since O took office, the number of people actually employed is slightly down. From the same bls site. If the jobs situation had improved, wouldn't you expect more people to be working, not less? Factor in the population increase, and that is a truly dismal performance. From the low point of the dot-com bust in May 2003, Bush got employment back above when he took office in 10 months. Series Id: CES0000000001Seasonally AdjustedSuper Sector: Total nonfarmIndustry: Total nonfarmNAICS Code: -Data Type: ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS Download: Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual 2002 130591 130445 130421 130337 130328 130375 130275 130264 130209 130330 130338 130175 2003 130270 130111 129898 129849 129840 129840 129865 129820 129929 130126 130140 130259 2004 130421 130465 130802 131051 131361 131442 131488 131610 131771 132119 132182 132316 2005 132453 132693 132834 133194 133364 133607 133981 134174 134240 134320 134654 134814 2006 135097 135413 135696 135877 135891 135967 136176 136359 136516 136507 136711 136882 2007 137118 137211 137401 137473 137612 137687 137647 137629 137702 137781 137893 137982 2008 138023 137939 137844 137636 137446 137248 137038 136764 136332 135843 135040 134379 2009 133561 132837 132038 131346 130985 130503 130164 129933 129734 129532 129490 129319 2010 129279 129244 129433 129672 130188 130021 129963 129912 129885 130105 130226 130346 2011 130456 130676 130922 131173 131227 131311 131407 131492 131694 131806 131963 132186 2012 132470(P) 132697(P) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics \| Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20212-0001 www.bls.gov \| Telephone: 1-202-691-5200 \| TDD: 1-800-877-8339 \| Contact Us