JOB GROWTH
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 GOP "says"
they want to create jobs but they don't have a very strong
track record of actually creating jobs.
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Job
Growth from Truman to Obama
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Jobs
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President
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Party
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Start of
term
(Millions)
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End of
term
(Millions)
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Jobs
created
(Millions)
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Jobs
created per yr in office
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Rank
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George W.
Bush
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GOP
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132.5
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135.5
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3.0
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375,000
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11
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Bill
Clinton
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DEM
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109.4
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132.5
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23.1
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2,900,000
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1
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George H. W.
Bush
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GOP
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106.9
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109.4
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2.5
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625,000
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9
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Ronald
Reagan
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GOP
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90.9
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106.9
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16.0
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2,000,000
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4
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Jimmy
Carter
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DEM
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80.4
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90.9
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10.5
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2,600,000
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2
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Gerald
Ford
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GOP
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78.6
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80.4
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1.8
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745,000
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8
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Richard
Nixon
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GOP
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69.2
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78.6
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9.4
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1,700,000
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5
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Lyndon B.
Johnson
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DEM
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57.3
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69.2
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11.9
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2,300,000
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3
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John F.
Kennedy
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DEM
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53.7
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57.3
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3.6
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1,200,000
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6
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Dwight D.
Eisenhower
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GOP
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50.2
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53.7
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3.5
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438,000
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10
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Harry S.
Truman
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DEM
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41.8
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50.2
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8.4
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1,100,000
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7
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
Growth
per Year in Office - Republican from Eisenhower through
George W. Bush = 980,500 average
Growth
per Year in Office - Democrat from Truman through Clinton =
2,020,000 average
Over
the past 18 months, the Republicans have consistantly
blocked legislation the help those looking for work and
providing assistance for small businesses.
Over
the past 18 months, the Republicans have consistently
blocked legislation to increase safety measures on food
products, mine safety and the drilling of deep water oil
wells, among other legislation.
Over
the past 18 months, the Republicans have blocked over 100
Obama appointees from being discussed and voted on, some for
more than a year.
They
have consistently pushed for a continuation of tax breaks
for the wealth. 
The GOP claims that continuing the tax
cut for individuals clearing over $200,000 would add jobs.
If that were true, how come the tax cut they are enjoying
now isn't producing jobs?
Because small business
owners haven't used that money to employ more people. They
are pocketing it at the lower tax rate using it to gamble in
the stock market. The corporations they are buying aren't
using their profits to hire people - they are using them to
increase the dividends to stockholders. This is in addition
to millions of dollars they are spending on attack ads to
buy Congress, and to push for deregulation that got us into
this mess in the first place. Many corporations donate
millions to organizations like the US Chamber of
Commerce (who oppose legislation allowing workers to sue
their employers if they are sexually assaulted on the job
http://bit.ly/cK2ng3),
Karl Rove and others to buy Congress at unprecedented rates
for big expected future returns.
Tax breaks for the
wealthy in exchange for jobs is a scam that doesn't work and
never really has, and it's gone on far too long.
http://bit.ly/apAQtz
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