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To: Brumar89 who wrote (47470)	7/2/2013 1:40:15 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 85487

"Obama destroys them." Just government jobs; overall, he creates them. Things have only improved since this was published. By the time of Obama's second inaugural in January, the economy had added a net total of 1,208,000 jobs since he was first sworn in four years earlier, according to current figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That beats George W. Bush's eight-year total of 1,083,000. And so far, Obama is extending his lead over Bush. Counting jobs added in February, his total now stands at a net gain of over 1.5 million jobs. Read more: http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/politics-and-regulation/articles/More-Jobs-Created-Under-Obama-Than/4/17/2013/id/49323#ixzz2XuWWoX3E May 3, 2013 at 10:04 am The jobs report out this morning was full of good news: unemployment fell to 7.5 percent as the economy added 165,000 jobs, while big upward revisions to the past two months’ jobs numbers were added. The private sector carried those figures, adding 176,000 jobs in April. Yet the number was dragged down by the loss of 11,000 public sector jobs. This has been a steadily recurring trend with each monthly jobs report: even when the private sector adds a solid number of jobs, the overall figure is pulled down by losses in the public sector. 741,000 jobs have been lost in the government sector since the beginning of the recovery period in June 2009, with 89,000 gone since this time last year. thinkprogress.org