re: #713 LudwigVanQuixote

And that invalidates how… Tell you guys wht.

Here are the full stats:

[Link: www.bls.gov…]

Cross reference them with this:

April

[Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com…]

May

[Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com…]

And I am looking for the ones for July and August. It doesn’t matter though because the source data is in the first link.

If you’d like it in graph form, here’s 10 years worth

As you can see, Bush-era job growth was pretty anemic even before the recession kicked in. (expand it to include the Clinton years, the contrast is pretty stunning).