Matt at Basket Full of Puppies posts on an interesting story from the New York Times. No matter which Labor Department numbers you use, Democratic presidents have created more jobs than Republican presidents. And I don't mean on average. Going back over half a century every Democratic presidency has seen more jobs created than every Republican presidency. That's really startling.
And one other troubling thing to think about (when considering the current state of the economy) ... In case you didn't notice it in all the tales of woe that accompanied the release of July's terrible job growth numbers, it was also announced that the previous announcement of the number of jobs created in June (which low to start with) was inaccurate. Tens of thousands of fewer jobs had been created. So keep in mind that when we get the full analysis for July, the numbers may be even worse.
Posted by armand at August 8, 2004 11:38 AM | TrackBack | Posted to PoliticsAlmost. Reagan's second term sneaks in the top half. It's not clear from the table if Reagan's whole presidency puts him above or below the median.
Posted by: Matt at August 8, 2004 09:18 PM | PERMALINKWhoops. Sorry. You're right of course. But even with that exception, it's a striking comparison.
Posted by: armand at August 9, 2004 10:15 AM | PERMALINK