2024-10-04 18:16:53
The 368k jobs created avg. per month is missing important context. The September 2024 total figure is 155k jobs per month higher than the Feb. 2020 peak of employment before COVID-19 forced layoffs. It’s more accurate to say 213k jobs were recovered per month, 155k created. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(54-3-35) Author
2024-10-04 18:51:21
NNN - speculation that should be argued in comments. Same criteria was used for all presidents. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(19-1-48) Author
2024-10-05 06:15:03
You can't simply use the pre COVID figures for jobs and presume they would have stayed at those levels throughout 2020 if not for COVID. Fact is, COVID happened, it's for both presidents to own. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-10) Author
2024-10-05 08:18:21
The graph lacks context. Trump’s pre-COVID job growth was strong, averaging 181K jobs/month. The pandemic caused massive losses, but many jobs returned as the economy reopened under Biden. Much of Biden’s “gains” are a rebound of lost jobs, not new ones . [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(79-2-17) Author