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Friday, June 10, 2011

Another way Dubya' was the Worst. President. Ever.

Documentable proof.  And it's from a (Conservative, Right-wing) Wall Street Journal blog, too:

Bush On Jobs: The Worst Track Record On Record


President George W. Bush entered office in 2001 just as a recession was starting, and is preparing to leave in the middle of a long one. That’s almost 22 months of recession during his 96 months in office.
His job-creation record won’t look much better. The Bush administration created about three million jobs (net) over its eight years, a fraction of the 23 million jobs created under PresidentBill Clinton‘s administration and only slightly better than President George H.W. Bush did in his four years in office.
Here’s a look at job creation under each president since the Labor Department started keeping payroll records in 1939. The counts are based on total payrolls between the start of the month the president took office (using the final payroll count for the end of the prior December) and his final December in office.
Because the size of the economy and labor force varies, we also calculate in percentage terms how much the total payroll count expanded under each president. The current President Bush, once taking account how long he’s been in office, shows the worst track record for job creation since the government began keeping records. –Sudeep Reddy

PresidentJobs createdJobs at end of termJobs at start of termPayroll expansionJobs created per year in officePopulation growthPercent change in population
George W. Bush3.0 million135.5 million132.5 million2.3%375,00022.0 million7.7%
Bill Clinton23.1 million132.5 million109.4 million21.1%2,900,00025.2 million8.9%
George H.W. Bush2.5 million109.4 million106.9 million2.3%625,00012.5 million4.8%
Ronald Reagan16.0 million106.9 million90.9 million17.6%2,000,00017.3 million7%
Jimmy Carter10.5 million90.9 million80.4 million13.1%2,600,0009.8 million4.3%
Gerald Ford1.8 million80.4 million78.6 million2.3%745,0005.1 million2.3%
Richard Nixon9.4 million78.6 million69.2 million13.6%1,700,00012.3 million5.7%
Lyndon Johnson11.9 million69.2 million57.3 million20.8%2,300,00011.3 million5.6%
John F. Kennedy3.6 million57.3 million53.7 million6.7%1,200,0008.2 million4.3%
Dwight Eisenhower3.5 million53.7 million50.2 million7%438,00023.3 million12.8%
Harry Truman8.4 million50.2 million41.8 million20.1%1,100,000N/AN/A

He'll go down in the history books, all right.

And this isn't even touching the fact that he created an illegal war, sending thousands of American military men and women to their deaths, forget the budget expense.

Worst. President. Ever.

Link:  http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/01/09/bush-on-jobs-the-worst-track-record-on-record/

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