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Originally posted by: dude1394
Quote:
Originally posted by: reeds
"If our Economy was "ten times better", then how come the unemployment rate is lower now than it was during any of Bill Clinton's presidency?"
Well, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , you are WRONG again..
ECONSTATS.com...Well, I could tell you what years Bush was in charge, but I think its rather obvious...
| Unemployment rate |
year %|
2004 exp 5.525
2003 exp 5.992
2002 exp 5.783
2001 rec 4.750
2000 exp 3.967
1999 exp 4.217
1998 exp 4.500
1997 exp 4.942
1996 exp 5.408
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Wow 5.5-3.9 ==> 1.4 points better during clintons best year, 10 times better? Of course it's funny that your stats end at 1996? Wasn't clinton pres for a few more years than that?
Clinton did a great job being prez during the dot-com bubble that he had nothing to do with.
I'll stack up dubya's handling of the economy after the clinton recession and the 9/11 terrorist attack that clinton had kicked down the road anytime. It's another reason why the dems lost seats again, they just can't get people to believe their bad math.
Yup, those blue states and their IQ, .75 points is 10 times better.
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I was curious why he only went to 1996 also, so I did some digging and found the numbers for 1995, and 1994 as well... this is why he left them off. I couldn't find anything earlier than that... not yet anyway...
1995 5.591
1994 6.100
That data can be found
here.
So basically reeds, by starting the records with the year where Clintons record on unemployment was lower than Bush.... well, that was Bush league.