{"id":14324,"date":"2012-05-24T10:49:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T14:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=14324"},"modified":"2012-05-24T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T14:49:53","slug":"obama-owns-30-worst-months-of-employment-over-last-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/14324\/obama-owns-30-worst-months-of-employment-over-last-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Owns 30 Worst Months of Employment Over Last 25 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan V. Last<\/a> at The Weekly Standard<\/em> shares an eye-popping chart on the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment-population ratio; i.e. the percentage of employed Americans relative to the number of Americans able to work.<\/p>\n

Below are the worst 30 months of the employment-population ratio from the last 25 years.\u00a0 Notice a trend?<\/p>\n

1. (tie) July 2011<\/strong>, 58.2 percent, President Barack<\/strong> Obama<\/strong>
\n1. (tie) June 2011<\/strong>, 58.2 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n1. (tie) November 2010<\/strong>, 58.2 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n1. (tie) December 2009<\/strong>, 58.2 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n5. (tie) August 2011<\/strong>, 58.3 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n5. (tie) December 2010<\/strong>, 58.3 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n5. (tie) October 2010<\/strong>, 58.3 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) April 2012<\/strong>, 58.4 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) October 2011<\/strong>, 58.4 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) September 2011<\/strong>, 58.4 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) May 2011<\/strong>, 58.4 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) April 2011<\/strong>, 58.4 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) February 2011<\/strong>, 58.4 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n8. (tie) January 2011<\/strong>, 58.4 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) March 2012<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) January 2012<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) December 2011<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) November 2011<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) March 2011<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) September 2010<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) August 2010<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) July 2010<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) June 2010<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) March 2010<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) February 2010<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) January 2010<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) November 2009<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n15. (tie) October 2009<\/strong>, 58.5 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n29. February 2012<\/strong>, 58.6 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n30. (tie) May 2010<\/strong>, 58.7 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n30. (tie) April 2010<\/strong>, 58.7 percent, Obama<\/strong>
\n30. (tie) September 2009<\/strong>, 58.7 percent, Obama<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to Last, \u201cthe 30 (or 32, including ties) worst months for employment in the past 25 year have all come after the most recent recession ended, in June 2009.\u00a0 In other words, they\u2019ve all come during the Obama \u2018recovery.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Remember this the next time President Obama repeats his mantra that the American economy is \u201cmoving in the right direction.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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