Where, Oh Where Are All The Stimulus Jobs?

[native]

...I'd rather see the money spent on bridge repair. I don't know if that is happening or not, I haven't seen it.

Very insightful point, Mr. Blue Pants!

[Skjellyfetti]

Over 6 straight months of job growth.


Do you not notice some sort of trend from February '09 (when stimulus was signed) to now?

[BDKJMU]

Over 6 straight months of job growth.


Do you not notice some sort of trend from February '09 (when stimulus was signed) to now?

Wrong! There's han't been 6 straight months of job growth. There was no job growth in July. Way to conveniently have your chart end in June, leaving off July unemployment #s announced last Fri, which 131,000 more jobs lost in July, and downward revisions of 97,000 for the previous two months.
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So a few hundred k jobs have been added this year after millions lost in 09'. Yet KY tries to spin this into good news.

[GannonFan]

Over 6 straight months of job growth.


Do you not notice some sort of trend from February '09 (when stimulus was signed) to now?

Seriously, man, it's not all Obama's fault, but saying or implying that we've done a good job of creating jobs by pointing out extremely weak job growth over the past 6 months (which is still a year after the stimulus went into effect) is such blind partisanism that it might as well just be described as crazy. We need growth that's almost 5 times more than we have and we need it for a few years in a row to get out of this mess completely. We're nowhere near that right now and there's no real hope that we'll even start getting to that for maybe a year. We are far, far away from the "let's pat ourselves on the back for a job well done" part - heck, we haven't even really started.

[ASUG8]

What's your problem, Z? I mean, they took a census and I'm getting my section of I-85 commute repaved. What more could you want?

Since they take the census every 10 years, I wouldn't count it as part of the stimulus.

It's nice to get roads repaved, but I'd rather see the money spent on bridge repair. I don't know if that is happening or not, I haven't seen it.

That's why I used the . It seemed like this administration was taking credit for the positive impact of the stimulus partially because of the impact of the census jobs.

[89Hen]

Do you not notice some sort of trend from February '09 (when stimulus was signed) to now?

Can't read the dates. Does your chart cover all of Bush's 8 years, or just where there was a job loss?

[ASUG8]

Do you not notice some sort of trend from February '09 (when stimulus was signed) to now?

Can't read the dates. Does your chart cover all of Bush's 8 years, or just where there was a job loss?

NOTHING positive happened under Bush, so just move along.......

Seriously, anybody ever heard of the business cycle? Enter "historical unemployment rate" under Google images and you'll see it ebbs and flows throughout different administrations.

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[Col Hogan]

Can't read the dates. Does your chart cover all of Bush's 8 years, or just where there was a job loss?

NOTHING positive happened under Bush, so just move along.......

Seriously, anybody ever heard of the business cycle? Enter "historical unemployment rate" under Google images and you'll see it ebbs and flows throughout different administrations.

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/thefeder ... t-Rate.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Please....info like that doen't help make kyjelly's case...so why would you even bring it up...

[AZGrizFan]

Over 6 straight months of job growth.


Do you not notice some sort of trend from February '09 (when stimulus was signed) to now?

Seriously, man, it's not all Obama's fault, but saying or implying that we've done a good job of creating jobs by pointing out extremely weak job growth over the past 6 months (which is still a year after the stimulus went into effect) is such blind partisanism that it might as well just be described as crazy. We need growth that's almost 5 times more than we have and we need it for a few years in a row to get out of this mess completely. We're nowhere near that right now and there's no real hope that we'll even start getting to that for maybe a year. We are far, far away from the "let's pat ourselves on the back for a job well done" part - heck, we haven't even really started.

Not only THAT, but it took almost a TRILLION dollars of taxpayers money to get that weak-ass growth.

[Appaholic]

Seriously, man, it's not all Obama's fault, but saying or implying that we've done a good job of creating jobs by pointing out extremely weak job growth over the past 6 months (which is still a year after the stimulus went into effect) is such blind partisanism that it might as well just be described as crazy. We need growth that's almost 5 times more than we have and we need it for a few years in a row to get out of this mess completely. We're nowhere near that right now and there's no real hope that we'll even start getting to that for maybe a year. We are far, far away from the "let's pat ourselves on the back for a job well done" part - heck, we haven't even really started.

Not only THAT, but it took almost a TRILLION dollars of taxpayers money to get that weak-ass growth.

ding!ding!ding! We have a winner!

[CitadelGrad]

Something isn't adding up. We know that unemployment has been at around 10% for quite some time. We know that public sector employment has increased. Is it possible that jellybelly's chart is bullshit?

[From the class of 09]

National job growth obtained by deficit spending is strangely familiar to personally financing unsustainable life styles through cheap credit. We know how that worked out. Why will doing it on a larger scale have a different effect?

[ASUG8]

National job growth obtained by deficit spending is strangely familiar to personally financing unsustainable life styles through cheap credit. We know how that worked out. Why will doing it on a larger scale have a different effect?

Good post - the only issue is that the government will always find new methods of revenue generation either by increased taxation or simply printing money - each has it's own pitfalls, but they are options generally unavailable to personal spending woes.