Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data extracted on: September 3, 2012 (7:39:11 PM)
Labor
Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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You can plug in dates for yourself, and see the results. It's interactive, it's fascinating, it tells the story of a massive failure, a slow-motion train wreck.
As you do, remember that Himself campaigned on the promise that he would reverse this trend, that He would bring the economy back.
He didn't. A few firms, such as GM and Chrysler (with heavy union presence) were salvaged. The destruction of wealth that occurred during that process is never mentioned.
Hundreds of billions of dollars borrowed and spent, and this is the result.
This is a picture of failure.
