WANT JOBS? Vote Democratic

[Triana]

The second greatest lie the devil ever told was making people think he doesn't exist. The first is that Republicans represent the "working man".

But job creation statistics don't lie and here its clearly evident what party represents jobs and workers.

Job Loss or Gain by President and Party

DEMOCRATS:
Roosevelt 5.3
Johnson 3.8
Carter 3.1
Truman 2.5
Clinton 2.4
Kennedy 2.3

REPUBLICANS:
Nixon 2.2
Reagan 2.1
Coolidge 1.1
Ford 1.1
Eisenhower 0.9
G. Bush 0.6
G.W. Bush -0.7
Hoover -9.0

Why do we even have an economy?

Economists are fun people. They sit around in their offices of academia and crunch numbers all day. They play and crunch numbers and they come up with extravagant theories about how those numbers fit together and what they mean. Then they get tenure at the university and it takes a crowbar to pry them from their cushy jobs playing and crunching.

But often, all the playing and crunching causes the economist to get confused. They forget that in the real world, those numbers mean more than anecdotal folly. Those unemployment numbers have names and former addresses before they were evicted.

So sometimes we have to step back and look at the big picture. We have to look at the big picture and assess our priorities and remember why we invented this thing we call "the economy" in the first place.

The Big Picture

We invented the thing we call "the economy" for only one reason. So that each of us could have a life. As in make a living. As in having jobs so that we can make a living, have a family, raise and educate our children, and eventually retire with an RV so we can see Yellowstone before we die.

Now the cushy economist have all sorts of measures for how the economy is doing: GDP, PCE, GDPP and CPI. But if you understand that we only invented "the economy" so we could all have a life, then you realize that there's really only one economic indicator that matters: the percentage of people who have good, living-wage jobs as opposed to those who do not.

So the next time you hear someone saying the economy is coming up roses even though the number of people with good, living-wage jobs continues to decrease, remind them that, unless the economy is helping everyone have a life, it's really just pushing up daisies.

http://americanassembler.com/issues/economy/job_stats.html

[rogerashton]

1. Want more profits? Vote Democratic.

Check the numbers. Corporate profits and stock appreciation are also greater under Democrats.

It seems that a rising tide can indeed lift all boats -- provided a Democrat is at the helm!

That's from an economist -- and yes, it is a cushy job, some places. One of my email correspondents teaches 5 courses (15 hours in the classroom + prep and paper grading) and coaches the basketball team at a small Florida college. So I said, at least there is no heavy lifting. So he said, I dunno about that, I just carried two boxes of textbooks up five flights.

As for Republicans -- rich people love their superstitions as much as poor people, and can afford to spend more on them.

[54anickel]

2. Great post! Thanks. n/t

[GOPBasher]

3. Thanks for that post!

I'm going to use that info in debates. Thanks. :)

[wetbandit2003]

4. :)

:)

[CaptainClark23]

5. Where'd your rant go?

I just finished reading it, it was strong and bombastic and damning.

Now you're all smiles?

And placing innocent sounding questions on the board, like you're gonna lie in wait until someone answers so you can jump all over their ideas and damn them for lack of a work ethic?

Sorry, not biting. I've some ideas, but I don't think you're really interested in an exchange of ideas.