Remember when San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro claimed that President Obama has created more than 4.5 million jobs? Well, the real number is a notch or two lower than that.
The number Castro cites is an accurate description of the growth of private-sector jobs since January 2010, when the long, steep slide in employment finally hit bottom. But while a total of 4.5 million jobs sounds great, it’s not the whole picture.
Nonfarm private payrolls hit a post-recession low of 106.8 million that month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figure currently stands at 111.3 million as of July.
While that is indeed a gain of 4.5 million, it’s only a net gain of 300,000 over the course of the Obama administration to date. The private jobs figure stood at 111 million in January 2009, the month Obama took office.
Oh. You mean they lie?
No shit!
Welcome to reality. They’ve been lying since at least the turn of the Twentieth Century.
No wonder they’re so good at it!
He’s only counting jobs in the “created or saved” column. Jobs in the “lost” column are Bush’s fault… just ask Obama.
there will be plenty of work in the gulag if this nightmare wins again
– lying Castro, we’ll swim to Cuba.
And let’s not forget, one of the fastest growing job sectors is temporary professional work, i.e., short-term contract work, which is not the same as full-time, permanent employment.
Welcome to the Obama Economy.