Bush says the 96K Sept. jobs = "proof his tax cuts have bolstered job mkt"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134839,00.html

The unemployment report (search) — the last to be released before Election Day — provided fresh fodder for the campaigns. Unemployment held steady at 5.4 percent but job creation was lower than expected.

Bush cast the addition of 96,000 jobs as proof his tax cuts have bolstered the jobs market and the economy overall, while Kerry pointed out that the country has seen a net job loss under the Bush administration, a first since the Depression.

On the day the report came out, Bush's campaign unveiled an advertisement for national cable networks that touts "nearly 2 million jobs in just over a year," resulting in "nearly 2 million more people back working," and "nearly 2 million more people with wages."

Kerry called the number "disappointing" and contended that even the jobs that have been created under Bush pay less and offer fewer benefits than those that have been lost. "The president does not seem to understand how many middle-class families are being squeezed by falling incomes and spiraling health care, tuition and energy costs," he said in a statement.

[tuvor]

1. Always first to take credit, and last to assume blame.

That's my bush!

[rocktivity]

2. Don't you have to create 150K jobs per month just to break even?

:shrug:
rocknation

[Trajan]

3. Thats what I thought ....

you need 150,000 new jobs every month to account for newly employable citizens entering the marketplace ...

[sonicx]

11. 150k to break even. 250k for real recovery.

bush should have listened to his econ prof in college.

[papau]

4. Round 14 months down to 12, and jobs up to 2 million - YEP - that's TRUTH

:-)

[tomfodw]

5. Except, he's forgetting his own promise

He said in 2002 that more tax cuts would accelerate job creation to over 300,000 per month. If that had happened, there would be about 4.5 million new jobs created. Instead, we have a net loss of about 900,000 (although that is net for his entire presidency, not since the start of 2003).

Will anyone dare call the president to account for this broken promise?

[Roland99]

6. And the 2 million that have left the labor force since July alone???

[displacedtexan]

7. I'd laugh if this weren't so tragic for so many families.

Fact:

It takes 150,000 jobs per month to keep up with new workers entering the job market for the first time.

Fact: The population has increased dramatically since the 1970's-- the time that repukes are quoting today when they claim that more people are working today than in the 70's.

[xrepub]

10. Another fact

Job creation during bush's best 12 months was less than during Clinton's worst 12 months.

[creeksneakers2]

8. Bush was given record low interest rates

for his entire term. The economy should be screaming.

[louis-t]

9. AND, if the trend continues

these numbers will be revised AFTER the election to 75 or 80,000.