Bush’s bogus claim that Florida ‘led the nation in job creation’ when he was governor
Fact Check:
The Pinocchio Test
Bush makes this bogus claim himself, speaking directly to the camera. But the assertion is not supported by the official Labor Department data — and the article the campaign cites actually makes the salient point that these were mostly poor-paying jobs with few benefits. (The campaign apparently thought that by citing The Post, the jobs claim would have an aura of truth. But it was not a Post article.)
Campaigns simply shouldn’t cherry-pick data in service of factually suspect claims. In any case, when the recession arrived in full force just after Bush stepped down, these low-wage jobs were the first to go. So the gains touted by Bush were largely ephemeral.
We initially thought this might be worthy of Three Pinocchios, but the total package of mendacity tipped us to Four. Readers would be well advised to ignore job-creation claims by politicians.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/09/09/bushs-bogus-claim-that-florida-led-the-nation-in-job-creation-when-he-was-governor/