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Back during the Obama administration, the news about the unemployment rate was greeted with posts about how lots of people weren't counted as they had given up, people working two jobs, people were working at low-paying jobs, there weren't enough good-paying jobs, ...
Don't hear much about that now.
Situation doesn't seem to have changed much with regard to those who can't find work, are working at two jobs, working at low-paying jobs, ...
You guys switch back and forth on this all the time. When the jobs numbers are above average, it's "Woohoo!" and when they are below average it's "Well, the economy is already chock full of jobs so Trump can't add much more."
If it's true that the economy is chock full of jobs and Trump can't add much more, then Obama deserves total credit for that being the case. You can't on the one hand say that Obama did nothing for the economy and then on the other say that Trump can't replicate the same job numbers as Obama because the economy is already full of jobs.
Trumpsters will never give credit to Obama for anything even as they lose their jobs to the Trump Tariff war, choke on polluted air and lose their healthcare because they have a pre-existing condition.
Seriously though, the prediction was that there would be 195K jobs but the mark was missed today with the # coming out at 157K.
This is considered more winning for Trumpsters who believe 1+1=3.
Back during the Obama administration, the news about the unemployment rate was greeted with posts about how lots of people weren't counted as they had given up, people working two jobs, people were working at low-paying jobs, there weren't enough good-paying jobs, ...
Don't hear much about that now.
Situation doesn't seem to have changed much with regard to those who can't find work, are working at two jobs, working at low-paying jobs, ...
Don't forget the Labor Force Participation Rate, which has remained virtually unchanged. That was a BIG deal to some people.
Deficits were a big deal too. So was the POTUS golfing. And a lot of other things.
You guys switch back and forth on this all the time. When the jobs numbers are above average, it's "Woohoo!" and when they are below average it's "Well, the economy is already chock full of jobs so Trump can't add much more."
If it's true that the economy is chock full of jobs and Trump can't add much more, then Obama deserves total credit for that being the case. You can't on the one hand say that Obama did nothing for the economy and then on the other say that Trump can't replicate the same job numbers as Obama because the economy is already full of jobs.
You are singling me out, so show me where I said anything bad when Obama did good with job growth....
And as with you, you cannot say trump is not responsible for the continued job growth...
How did we get to full employment? During Obama's tenure, the UE rate hit a high of 10.0% in October 2009. By the end of his term, the UE rate hit a low of 4.6% in November 2016. During Trump's term, it has dropped to 3.9%.
So is the argument that Trump did more to get the rate down from 4.8% (his first day in office) to 3.9% than Obama did to get the down from 10.0% to 4.8%. This is like a Quarterback marching his team downfield to the 1-yard line and then handing it off to the fullback for the Touchdown. Would we give credit for the drive to Tom Brady or would we give it to the random assortment of Patriots runningbacks over the years that no one even remembers?
What are the policies that Obama enacted to get the economy to recover??? The economy did not rebound until President Trump repealed all of the Obama policies. Barack stifled the economy that would have recovered naturally back in 2009.
No POTUS controls the economy. If he did, there would never be a recession.
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