Here are some facts to recall when you get in the argument about fiscal policies ...
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Before we provide the final totals (We did this by turning to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site), let's run down how each president did. Here are the average annual percentage increases in jobs for each postwar president:
Harry S. Truman (Democrat): increase of 2.95 percent a year
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican): increase of 0.50 percent a year
John F. Kennedy (Democrat): increase of 2.03 percent a year
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat): increase of 3.88 percent a year
Richard M. Nixon (Republican): increase of 2.16 percent a year
Gerald R. Ford (Republican): increase of 0.86 percent a year
Jimmy Carter (Democrat): increase of 3.45 percent a year
Ronald Reagan (Republican): increase of 2.46 percent a year
George H.W. Bush (Republican): increase of 0.40 percent a year
Bill Clinton (Democrat): increase of 2.86 percent a year
George W. Bush (Republican): increase of 0.01 percent a year
Barack Obama (Democrat): decrease of 3.0 percent a year
(Can we take time out here to say how surprised we are that Eisenhower, who presided over the "happy" 1950s, managed an anemic half-percent job growth per year, while Jimmy "Malaise" Carter finished second with 3.45 percent annual job growth?)
Now for the totals. If you exclude Obama, Democrats averaged 3.03 percent annual job growth, compared to 1.07 percent for Republicans -- a nearly 3-to-1 advantage.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...ents-create-mo/
For those who don't know, Politifact does not come out of the left-wing, liberal talking points media. So don't believe what you're told when that ol' attack line is used against the facts. Politifact is totally non-partisan and certainly does not march lockstep in line with the right-wingnut smear machine (you know, the one now calling Shirley Sherrod "Shirley Charade"). It is a Pulitzer Prize winning website created specifically to fact check relevant statements by politicians from any party. It can be heard reporting on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" hosted by former Republican Congressman (class of '94 and Gingrich's Contract With America) Joe Scarborough though it doesn't seem welcome on Fox News. Read the "TruthO'Meter" and see why.
http://traxel.com/deficit/
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html
Here are some facts to recall when you get in the argument about fiscal policies ...
For those who don't know, Politifact does not come out of the left-wing, liberal talking points media. So don't believe what you're told when that ol' attack line is used against the facts. Politifact is totally non-partisan and certainly does not march lockstep in line with the right-wingnut smear machine (you know, the one now calling Shirley Sherrod "Shirley Charade"). It is a Pulitzer Prize winning website created specifically to fact check relevant statements by politicians from any party. It can be heard reporting on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" hosted by former Republican Congressman (class of '94 and Gingrich's Contract With America) Joe Scarborough though it doesn't seem welcome on Fox News. Read the "TruthO'Meter" and see why.
http://traxel.com/deficit/
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html