Something to post on Facebook for the "Obama has made things worse" crowd to digest

[LuckyTheDog]

Is this:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
“Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January”

Better than this?
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_02062009.htm
‘Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000)”

Is this:
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 1.8 percent.

Better than this?
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/gdp408a.htm
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States -- decreased at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008,(that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP decreased 0.5 percent.

In what direction is this trend going?
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth

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1. marked

[BlueCaliDem]

2. K&R! Bookmarked! eom

[fasttense]

3. Happy Days Are Here Again?

I'll believe all those happy, happy numbers (except that the labor force participation rate is noticably absent) when I find a job.

[LuckyTheDog]

4. The numbers are real

I am sorry that you don't have a job. But don't give in to right-wing conspiracy theories and talking points.