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In reply to the discussion: I'm fed up!! What is the current unemployment rate? [View all]KM0201
(23 posts)To put it very simply, you're wrong.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNU04000000?years_option=all_years&periods_option=specific_periods&periods=Annual+Data
As long as the data used is consistent (and there, it is), unemployment is much higher than it was at any point during the shrub administration.
Now, you can EASILY make the argument that shrub was simply riding the coat tails of Clinton policies that had the economy roaring. It's also an easy argument that it's going to take this country a lot longer than 4yrs to undo that 8yrs of madness.
However, American's typically are very uninformed and have short memories. A vast majority of them, all they know is "Unemployment is a lot higher under Obama than it was under shrub"
You can like it or not, but that is the reality of the situation.