One hot topic that every talks about on a daily basis is how hard it is to get a job! Also, there are a lot of people who are undergraduates. I know law school gradutes working at restaurants just to make ends meet. So just which party may be better at creating jobs..hmmm! Former President Clinton put straight numbers out there to show us who are the job makers and killers. See below to find out more.
In his 49-minute speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, former President Bill Clinton cited several statistics and made a number of supposedly fact-based assertions. Here’s a look at which claims hold up under scrutiny and which don’t.
“Since 1961, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24. In those 52 years, our private economy produced 66 million private sector jobs. What’s the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42.”
Since 1961, there have been five Republican presidents and five Democratic presidents – serving, as Clinton said, a cumulative 28 years and 24 years, respectively. Here’s a breakdown of the net job creation under each one, according to data available on the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Republicans:
Richard Nixon: + 7.1 million
Gerald Ford: +1.3 million
Ronald Reagan: + 14.7 million
George H. W. Bush: + 1.5 million
George W. Bush: -646,000
Total jobs added: +23.9 millionDemocrats
John F. Kennedy: +2.7 million
Lyndon B. Johnson: +9.5 million
Jimmy Carter: +9 million
Bill Clinton: +20.6 million
Barack Obama: +332,000
Total jobs added: +42.1 million
The Dems are out there creating those jobs for the American people!
