According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. shed 2.3 million jobs since February 2009, Obama’s first full month in office. Going back to World War II, that is by far the worst record for any president in his first 17 months, outpacing the job destruction experienced in the early Bush years by more than 800,000 jobs.
Go ahead, Obamaphiles, let the spin begin. The main question, however, is not how many have not been lost – while each and every one is a tragedy for that family, it has already happened. The go-forward question is: how fast will they now be created?
