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Re: U.S. Adds Only 88,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Falls to 7.6%
What a pity you still haven't learned to use real numbers when comparing dollars over time. Oh well, let's utilize nominal figures like you choose to use....
First of all, your numbers don't even match what's found on bea.gov. :roll: here are the actual
figures....
Q4-1980: 2.9t
Q4-1988: 5.3t
Reagan: 2.4t (300b per year avg)
Q4-2000: 10.1t
Q4-2008: 14.1t
Bush: 4.0t (500b per year avg)
Q4-2008: 14.1t
Q4-2012: 15.9
Obama: 1.8t (450b per year avg)
Hopefully, if nothing else, this little exercise will teach you why playing with nominal figures is completely meaningless.
That is, unless you believe that Obama is doing a better job with the economy than Reagan did?
By the way, Reagan took office, the GDP was 2.8 trillion and left it was 5.1 trillion
Bush took office the GDP was 9.9 trillion and left it at 14.3 trillion
Obama takes office with a 14.3 trillion GDP and the end of 4 years it was 15.7 trillion
Which economy helped the American people the most?
What a pity you still haven't learned to use real numbers when comparing dollars over time. Oh well, let's utilize nominal figures like you choose to use....
First of all, your numbers don't even match what's found on bea.gov. :roll: here are the actual
figures....
Q4-1980: 2.9t
Q4-1988: 5.3t
Reagan: 2.4t (300b per year avg)
Q4-2000: 10.1t
Q4-2008: 14.1t
Bush: 4.0t (500b per year avg)
Q4-2008: 14.1t
Q4-2012: 15.9
Obama: 1.8t (450b per year avg)
Hopefully, if nothing else, this little exercise will teach you why playing with nominal figures is completely meaningless.
That is, unless you believe that Obama is doing a better job with the economy than Reagan did?