2014 was America's best year of job growth since 1999...Republicans try to take credit.

[Cali_Democrat]

2014 was America's best year of job growth since 1999

More than 2.95 million jobs were created last year, according to the latest figures from the Department of Labor.

It's encouraging news as the U.S. tries to put the Great Recession and sluggish recovery solidly behind it. Many economists expect 2015 to be equally as strong, if not better, for job seekers.

The unemployment rate fell to 5.6% in December, down from 5.8% in November. That's also a big drop from the 6.7% rate in December 2013. It's expected to hit 5.2% -- around the normal level -- by the end of the year, according to CNNMoney's survey of economists.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/09/news/economy/december-jobs-report-unemployment/

So who's responsible for this? Not Obama you silly goose. Mitch McConnell and the GOP are responsible for this:

Mitch McConnell: Credit Republicans for the economic recovery

Between the country’s impressive economic growth and robust job figures, it’s finally beginning to look like a real recovery is underway, six years after the official end of the Great Recession. Amid this improving economic climate, President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has ticked up slightly. Continued strength in the American economy would also be a boon to Democrats’ hopes of holding onto the White House and recovering ground in Congress in 2016. But according to newly installed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, voters should thank Republicans for the recovery.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2015/01/07/mitch_mcconnell_credit_republicans_for_the_economic_recovery_they_did_everything_in_their_power_to_prevent/

[brentspeak]

1. Actually, wages fell because mainly just crap jobs were created

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-adds-252000-jobs-in-december-as-wages-slip-2015-01-09

Whatever you call it, don't call it a "recovery".

Let the GOP take "credit" for the sputtering economy, if they want.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Awesome...so they're taking credit for crap?

Booooyah!

[underpants]

3. It's the McFly effect

They think they got in a juiced up Delorean and went back to the future 5 years ago and made all this happen. In an unexplainable and quite confusing twist in the third part they stopped in January 2014 and made it the biggest year of job growth in 20+years.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. Thing is, if they just keep lying, people will believe them.

Cause that's the sad state we're in in this country.