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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 12:25 PM Jul 2012

The Difference Between Obama's First Term And Bush's First Term In One Devastating Chart



"As you can see, under Obama, private employment snapped back much better than it did during Bush's first year.

State and local government employment, however, fell much harder under Obama than it did under Bush.

This is of course exactly the opposite of the big government socialist stereotype that the Obama economy is portrayed as, but oh well.

And it actually fits quite nicely with what we have said... that the private sector is doing "fine" under Obama."

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-first-term-and-bushs-first-term-2012-6#ixzz1zlXnNfUI
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The Difference Between Obama's First Term And Bush's First Term In One Devastating Chart (Original Post) swag Jul 2012 OP
Thank you! Nice visual Dalai_1 Jul 2012 #1
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