◼ This is no jobs recovery - Jennifer Rubin/Washington Post
The Romney campaign’s initial statement summed up the general reaction on the right: “This is not what a real recovery looks like. We created fewer jobs in September than in August, and fewer jobs in August than in July, and we’ve lost over 600,000 manufacturing jobs since President Obama took office. If not for all the people who have simply dropped out of the labor force, the real unemployment rate would be closer to 11%. The results of President Obama’s failed policies are staggering – 23 million Americans struggling for work, nearly one in six living in poverty and 47 million people dependent on food stamps to feed themselves and their families. The choice in this election is clear. Under President Obama, we’ll get another four years like the last four years. If I’m elected, we will have a real recovery with pro-growth policies that will create 12 million new jobs and rising incomes for everyone.”◼ 10.7% Unemployment - Liberty News
As always with these kinds of jobs reports… the devil is in the details.
So a 7.8% unemployment number will be tossed around and praised by the media and their allies in the left. But, as seen above, the use of that number to spin a positive message is incredibly disingenuous.
◼ Screaming Falsehoods, Silent Reality - Smitty/The Other McCain
