It's SIMPLE: Bush Spent FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS and lost 198 THOUSAND JOBS over 8 years

[berni_mccoy]

And yet the Republicans that blindly supported Bush are telling Obama he can't have 800 billion to create 2 million jobs in 2 years?

Lost job stats come from Bureau of Labor and Statistics: http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CES0000000001&output_view=net_1mth

National Debt Statistics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt

[BuyingThyme]

1. But how did that happen?

Where's all the money?

[berni_mccoy]

2. To the Wealthiest 0.01% of the World.

[HughBeaumont]

3. In the pockets of the Forbes American 400, the House of Saud or evaporated in a desert.

Take thy pick.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. lining the pockets of the crooks

[Occam Bandage]

6. A lot of it doesn't exist any more.

Most money only exists in theory.

[panader0]

4. Can that be right? Only 198K? Hell, we lost 'way more than that.

Not all of these job losses came this past Monday (what 80-100K in one day?) Of course, that's after Obama was sworn in, but still, and I looked at the graphs, but it seems like a lot more than 198K. And what about those who were able to stay employed, but at a lesser wage?
Edit to add: Ijust had an e-mail from Gabrielle Giffords saying Arizona alone lost 92K jobs fro Dec., 07 to Dec. 08.