Unemployment- The Story in One Chart

Of course, the high unemployment in our country is all Obama's fault. You hear that from Republicans everywhere. Well, here is a chart which I find interesting. I was led to this version of it by Talking Points Memo, but I have seen various other graphics showing the same data:
















This tells a little bit different story, huh? Of course, this is the story that the real data tell; i.e. the truth.

And here is more of the truth: the economic mess the Republicans left behind was far worse than they or just about anyone else are willing to admit. That, and the Republican effort to see to it that Obama is obstructed every step of the way, is the reason that it is taking Obama so long to deal with the problem. But it is clear that things turned around almost as soon as Democrats were running things. But, God forbid we should run our country based on the truth.

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Derek said…
Those are simply jobs lost. We were supposed to be out of this recession by mid to late 2009. Obama pushed a 1.2 trillion dollar piece of legislation in order to make jobs jobs and jobs, saying that if it passed we wouldn't go above 8% unemployment. We are floating around 10%. That is why people are pissed. We are having a jobless recovery while spending trillions.
February 7, 2010 at 5:33 PM
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