The Top National Issues:

Job Losses and Gains: Clinton, Bush, ObamaJobs (numbers) January 27, 2012. By far, the worst recession since the 1930's was killing nearly a million jobs a month when Obama took office.

  • In 3 weeks Obama passed a jobs bill with a budget as big as Bush's 6-year Iraq war budget.
  • Job losses [#stopped quicker] than under Bush.
  • In 8 years, Bush lost 2 million jobs. In [#2+ years], Obama gained 2 million.

cause-of-recession.pngJobs (policy) January 27, 2012. During George Bush's last budget year, the economy lost 7.3 million jobs. Why?

  1. Government taxes and regulations killed those jobs?
  2. People lost a fortune in the housing/stock crash and cut their spending?

Right-wingers say #1 and now control the Republican party. A look at the housing bubble says this can't be right and small businesses agree. Here's what you need to know about the cynical politics behind the do-nothing Congress.

household-income-distribution-CBO.pngWall Street and the Top 1%  January 28, 2009.  There are about 114 million households in the top 1%, and since 1979. Some much better than others, but on average they've gained 62 times more income than the middle class. No, not 62% more, 62 times mores. It's worth taking a closer look.

 

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[#PopNotes]

[=stopped quicker] In 15 months Obama completely stopped job losses that had been running at 800,000 per month. Under Bush it took 22 months to stop job losses that were only half that fast.
[=2+ years] This is counting by budget years, which is what presidents have some control over. More on this here and here.
[=PopNotes] Just hover over green-underline links above to see the "pop" notes.