Parsing Obama's Private Sector Jobs Record

President Obama has been touting his jobs record in a very peculiar and specific way, citing millions of "private sector jobs" over a specific monthly time period. This video looks at the statements he makes and asks why he is being so specific about his jobs record and if that is really an accurate way of looking at the current jobs situation.

Note: This is a video based on a talk I gave back in July. At that time, I was using exact numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistic. Since then some of the number have been revised, so they may not exactly fit the numbers in this video (although they will be very close).

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[mrhoffame]

Great video. Just shows how full of crap Obama is and how stupid they think/know we are! For that matter, Washington as a whole is full of crap. I am a conservative and so hoping that Romney gets in this next term and when he does...please stay on his ass with videos like this! The exact same watchful eye. This shouldn't not be about Rep or Dem. We should ALL be more concerned about this place full of lies and trickery call WASHINGTON DC. Period!

[bedlambikes]

Fantastic! However, videos like this make the simplistic liberal mind spin like a top, and they give up watching because they feel overwhelmed.

[kefkapalazzo1]

brain fart

[bowlingotter]

News flash! A politician spun statistics to make them sound good during a convention speech!

Now, rhetoric aside, let's take another look at the important part: trends. A trend existed leading in to Obama's term, right? And it continued through the first year, right? And then it turned the corner before the end of 2010, right? And has continued to escalate since then, right?

What needs fixing again?

[obamamaniacs]

just a second of checking your work might help you look a little better, but I said what I meant and too often these banks and large companies are trying to do what's most expedient to make the biggest profit.

What was the main cause of the Gulf Oil spill? Was it because BP was trying *to provide the best service and/or product to the consumer* ?

[mrhoffame]

Indeed! I respect yours as well. I love people like you. You seem more AMERICAN than Democrat or Republican. Exactly what we need more of. Best to you and yours my friend.

[Teikiatsu]

"In un-fettered capitalism, only those willing to to to any lengths *to provide the best service and/or product to the consumer* would survive."

Fixed that for ya.

[thenamedoesnotmatter]

It's only that way because we allow it to be. I will be rooting for Obama, but I respect your opinion and I hope that videos such as these continue to be produced.

[obamamaniacs]

there is nothing "moral and fair" about REAL captialism but we don't have honest straight-ahead capitalism in this country or all those cheating banks would be allowed to go under, the jobs lost, and many prosecuted for stealing us blind.

In un-fettered capitalism, only those willing to go to any lengths to win would survive; I really don't think you'd want that.

[obamamaniacs]

Keep living.

[GhettoEnterprises]

Talk about non sequitur. You sound like a Marxist. The us vs. them mentality. Understand how capitalism operates. It is the most moral and fair system ever devised by man. These empty platitudes and demagoguery might work with the believers in paternalistic govt but not on me. Nice try.

[GhettoEnterprises]

Who are the experts and where are the sources? I have plenty of books for you to check out or I could give you a list of authors :) I refuse to accept 8% unemployment as the new normal. Since apparently you have the answers please explain to me HOW Obama's govt intervention is needed to help grow the economy.