Who killed the economy before Obama even took office?
Private sector jobs gains/
losses
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
2008 Gain/
Loss | 4 | -128 | -87 | -186 | -240 | -217 | -265 | -317 | -434 | -491 | -787 | -636 |
2009 Gain/
Loss | -841 | -721 | -787 | -773 | -326 | -438 | -287 | -215 | -213 | -250 | -34 | -102 |
2010 Gain/
Loss | -42 | -21 | 144 | 229 | 48 | 65 | 93 | 110 | 109 | 143 | 128 | 167 |
2011 Gain/
Loss | 94 | 261 | 219 | 241 | 99 | 75 | 156 | 17 | | | | |
In case you forgot, the calculations for counting the unemployed changed in 1994 as the discouraged workers were dropped from the roles and the percentages. The real number should be the number employed so here they are for Reagan, GW Bush and Obama during their first term
Let's see if you can figure out why Obama's approval ratings are at record lows
Employment by month
Reagan
Jan 1981 99.9 million
Sept 1983 101.6 Million
Net +1.7 million
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1980 99879 99995 99713 99233 98945 98682 98796 98824 99077 99317 99545 99634
1981 99955 100191 100571 101056 101048 100298 100693 100689 100064 100378 100207 99645
1982 99692 99762 99672 99576 100116 99543 99493 99633 99504 99215 99112 99032
1983 99161 99089 99179 99560 99642 100633 101208 101608 102016 102039 102729 102996
1984 103201 103824 103967 104336 105193 105591 105435 105163 105490 105638 105972 106223
GW Bush
January 2001 137.8
Sept 2003 137.6
Net -.2 million
2001 137778 137612 137783 137299 137092 136873 137071 136241 136846 136392 136238 136047
2002 135701 136438 136177 136126 136539 136415 136413 136705 137302 137008 136521 136426
2003 137417 137482 137434 137633 137544 137790 137474 137549 137609 137984 138424 138411
2004 138472 138542 138453 138680 138852 139174 139556 139573 139487 139732 140231 140125
Obama
January 2009 142.2 Million
Sept 2011 139.6 Million
Net -2.6 million
2009 142221 141687 140854 140902 140438 140038 139817 139433 138768 138242 138381 137792
2010 138333 138641 138905 139455 139420 139119 138960 139250 139391 139061 138888 139206
2011 139323 139573 139864 139674 139779 139334 139296 139627