tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post990702782083407559..comments2024-03-18T21:33:55.514-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: The Most Startling Chart of the Obama EraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-75739648965391052442014-10-26T20:25:54.916-04:002014-10-26T20:25:54.916-04:00That's a pretty short dataset you're using...That's a pretty short dataset you're using. If you look at the whole dataset (going back to 1948) you will come away realizing three important thing:<br />1. The average variation in the last thirty years has been miniminal (Min: 63.2; Max: 67.1; Avg: 65.9), but highest under Clinton. If you want to go back still further, it climbed dramatically from 1963 onwards. It's also worth noting that in the last thirty years, unemployment fell under Reagan, Clinton, and Obama. It increased under both Bushes. You can play with the data yourself: http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServletmschillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716061666351681065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-16729115010231797322014-06-09T01:08:16.606-04:002014-06-09T01:08:16.606-04:00Few women worked in the 50s, so you're compari...Few women worked in the 50s, so you're comparing apples to oranges when you compare today's labor force participation rate for all adults over 16 with that of Eisenhower's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-85287436278595591612014-06-08T00:52:55.003-04:002014-06-08T00:52:55.003-04:00In the Obama Era, June Cleaver is a feminist icon!...In the Obama Era, June Cleaver is a feminist icon!Michael S. Kochinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404906249582930111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-90598314847255020632014-06-07T18:03:24.559-04:002014-06-07T18:03:24.559-04:00I've written it before and I'll write it a...I've written it before and I'll write it again:<br /><br />The Labor Participation Rate was much lower during Dwight Eisenhower's eight years as President.<br /><br />That Liberals haven't noticed this and used it to their advantage surprises me.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!The MUSEmanhttp://unsolicited.elementfx.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-82657767917011173872014-06-07T14:07:47.882-04:002014-06-07T14:07:47.882-04:00Ach! Of course, that's taking into account se...Ach! Of course, that's taking into account season stuff. Sorry. This truly is horrifying. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-14246535945926944182014-06-07T14:05:37.414-04:002014-06-07T14:05:37.414-04:00Actually, it has risen a couple of times, but for ...Actually, it has risen a couple of times, but for only a month before it goes back down again. Man, this is really pathetic - how can anyone defend this economic "plan?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-91534580334394663512014-06-07T11:02:52.568-04:002014-06-07T11:02:52.568-04:00I was just about to point out that the rate did ri...I was just about to point out that the rate did rise fractionally near the top of the chart, but then I remembered that was under Bush's "worst economy since Hoover", when 5% unemployment was "horrific", and $400 billion annual deficits were "unpatriotic" and a "betrayal".<br /><br />Good times...Drumwasternoreply@blogger.com