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U.S. Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Declines to 8.6%

[FONT="]Another good indicator of the economy is truck tonnage and it rose 5.7 Percent in October.[/FONT]
Is it not going by plane, or what?
 
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Sure you want to do that ???

BUSH
2006 - 5.0
2007 - 5.0
2008 - 5.7

Average: 5.2

OBAMA
2009 - 9.3
2010 - 9.6
2011 - 9.0

Average: 9.3

I'm sure that I don't want to cite misleading statistics like you just did! Because that would mask the fact that unemployment was about 8% and soaring the day that Bush handed over the keys to Obama.
 
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Sure you want to do that ???

BUSH
2006 - 5.0
2007 - 5.0
2008 - 5.7

Average: 5.2

OBAMA
2009 - 9.3
2010 - 9.6
2011 - 9.0

Average: 9.3

Bush lied by moving the decimal point. It was really 50% per year. :lol:
 
You mean that real estate bust that Democrats were part of? Maybe if Obama didn't spend so much time seeking a new job instead of accepting a paycheck for a job he didn't do, he would have been better prepared to take over. Obama's problem however is one experienced by most liberals,, lack of leadership skills.

Keep ****ing that chicken, Conservative. It's pretty funny.
 
Bush lied by moving the decimal point. It was really 50% per year. :lol:
Now I argue no president controls this. However, it is funny that you think the leap from 2008 to 2009 had nothing to do with what happened before obama became president.

:2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
 
Keep ****ing that chicken, Conservative. It's pretty funny.

Your support for Obama says a lot about you and liberals in general. They always buy rhetoric and ignore substance. You voted for Obama with less qualifications than any other President in modern history and are getting the results most of us who reviewed his resume knew we would get. The best you can do is divert from the record, ignore his overwhelming control of Congress, and divert to Bush three years after Bush left office. Think that is a winning proposition?
 
Bush lied by moving the decimal point. It was really 50% per year. :lol:

What's the old saying? Figures don't lie, but liars figure?

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Now I argue no president controls this. However, it is funny that you think the leap from 2008 to 2009 had nothing to do with what happened before obama became president.

:2funny: :2funny: :2funny:

Please tell me what Congress does in your world?
 
Please tell me what Congress does in your world?

In Conservative's world Congress climbs into a time machine and prevents millions of people from taking out no paperwork mortgages and driving up housing costs into a genormous bubble.
 
I'm sure that I don't want to cite misleading statistics like you just did! Because that would mask the fact that unemployment was about 8% and soaring the day that Bush handed over the keys to Obama.

Nothing misleading about it. All came from monthly BLS unemployment data.

Do you dispute the numbers ???
 
What's the old saying? Figures don't lie, but liars figure?

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Interesting, I don't see Bush unemployment numbers higher than Obama's. When did Bush ever have 8.6% unemployment and what was it three years after Bush took office?

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
Original Data Value

Series Id: LNS14000000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title: (Seas) Unemployment Rate
Labor force status: Unemployment rate
Type of data: Percent or rate
Age: 16 years and over
Years: 2001 to 2011

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2001 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.7
2002 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0
2003 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.7
2004 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4
2005 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9
2006 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4
2007 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.0
2008 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.8 7.3
2009 7.8 8.2 8.6 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.7 9.8 10.1 9.9 9.9
2010 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.4
2011 9.0 8.9 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.6
 
Nothing misleading about it. All came from monthly BLS unemployment data.

Do you dispute the numbers ???

Of course it's misleading. It suggests that Obama took over with a 5% unemployment rate, when in fact the rate was 8% and skyrocketing when he took over.
 
Interesting, I don't see Bush unemployment numbers higher than Obama's.

Of course you don't. His recession was obviously still screaming toward its nadir when he exited stage left.
 
Of course it's misleading. It suggests that Obama took over with a 5% unemployment rate, when in fact the rate was 8% and skyrocketing when he took over.

No, unemployment was NEVER 8% under Bush.
 

Yes, that's my point. And the main reason unemployment fell from mid-03 to late '06 was the real estate/construction/financial bubble. IOW, it was a house of cards that collapsed on Bush's watch.
 
No, unemployment was NEVER 8% under Bush.

It was 7.8% in January, when Bush was still President, then rose to 8.2% in February, before Obama had time to unpack his bags. Figures/Liars/Liars/Figures
 
It was 7.8% in January, when Bush was still President, then rose to 8.2% in February, before Obama had time to unpack his bags. Figures/Liars/Liars/Figures

Now, kindly point out where I lied, or I'll expect an apology.

YOU are the one that lied.
 
It was 7.8% in January, when Bush was still President, then rose to 8.2% in February, before Obama had time to unpack his bags. Figures/Liars/Liars/Figures

Why don't you admit who you are and what your political leanings are? Looks to me like you need the massive Federal Govt. that Obama proposes as well as the nanny state. Was/Is it that hard for you to compete in a private sector economy?
 
Please tell me what Congress does in your world?

You need an overview? OK:

OverviewArticle I of the Constitution states "all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives." The House and Senate are equal partners in the legislative process—legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers. However, the Constitution grants each chamber some unique powers. The Senate ratifies treaties and approves top presidential appointments while the House initiates revenue-raising bills. The House initiates impeachment cases, while the Senate decides impeachment cases.[2] A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required before an impeached person can be forcibly removed from office.[2]

United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
You need an overview? OK:

OverviewArticle I of the Constitution states "all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives." The House and Senate are equal partners in the legislative process—legislation cannot be enacted without the consent of both chambers. However, the Constitution grants each chamber some unique powers. The Senate ratifies treaties and approves top presidential appointments while the House initiates revenue-raising bills. The House initiates impeachment cases, while the Senate decides impeachment cases.[2] A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required before an impeached person can be forcibly removed from office.[2]

United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Most liberals here blame Bush for the economic conditions Obama says he inherited. By the definition Congress is an equal branch of the govt. with the President therefore no legislation and not one dime can be created or spent without Congressional approval therefore nothing Bush did was without Congressional approval. Liberals today continue to blame Bush and ignore Congressional responsibility. they also had overwhelming control of Congress when Obama took office therefore three years later the results are definitely Obama's
 
Now, kindly point out where I lied, or I'll expect an apology.

YOU are the one that lied.

You lied when you claimed that there was nothing misleading about quoting a sub-6% unemployment rate for '08 when in fact the unemployment rate was around 8% at the time of Obama's inauguration. No apology offered.
 
Why don't you admit who you are and what your political leanings are? Looks to me like you need the massive Federal Govt. that Obama proposes as well as the nanny state. Was/Is it that hard for you to compete in a private sector economy?

Why don't you stick to the facts and stop worrying about my leanings?
 
Most liberals here blame Bush for the economic conditions Obama says he inherited. By the definition Congress is an equal branch of the govt. with the President therefore no legislation and not one dime can be created or spent without Congressional approval therefore nothing Bush did was without Congressional approval. Liberals today continue to blame Bush and ignore Congressional responsibility. they also had overwhelming control of Congress when Obama took office therefore three years later the results are definitely Obama's

Perhaps you can explain why you give the Republican President, Republican House, and Republican Senate a complete pass for the six years they ran things unopposed leading up to the worst recession since WWII?
 
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