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August 10, 2005
Bush 393,000 Average Jobs per Year; Clinton 2.9 Million
Here are some statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All are for the period from January 2001 – July 2005. Add three zeros to all the numbers. These numbers illustrate how bad the job creation statistics of Bush are. The industries that have increased workers are emboldened.
Total Non-Farm Payroll Jobs: 132015 133786
Good Producing jobs: 24523 22140
Natural Resources and mining: 605 629
Construction: 6817 7235
Manufacturing: 17101 14276
Trade Transportation and Utilities: 26262 25916
Wholesale Trade: 5859.5 5729.4
Retail: 15351.6 15245
Transportation and Warehousing: 4451.4 4366.3
Utilities: 599.8 574.8
Information: 3708 3148
Financial Services: 7755 8229
Professional and Business Services: 16834 16941
Leisure and Hospitality: 11974 12793
Education and Health Care: 15364 17353
Government: 20832 21782
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP started picking up real steam in the first quarter of 2003 - 30 months ago.
On average, Bush’s economy has created 393,000 new jobs per year.
On average,Clinton created 2.75 million per year.
Posted by Hale Stewart at August 10, 2005 06:10 PM | Permalink
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