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 JH> Second, based on what they posted here over the years,
 JH> they've not had an original thought worth discussing.  They
 JH> have never done anything but spew what the Democrat party
 JH> puts out as talking points.

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 This was original material, and you couldn't answer this:

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 Reagan took office with a jobless rate of 7.5% Two years later
 the rate had not declined, it had gone up to 10.8%. Obama has
 had 6 months, miracles take a bit longer.

 OTOH, Reagan's unemployment started declining then, but it was
 still over 10% until half way thorough the third year, and
 didn't go below the rate when he took office until nearly 3 1/2
 years into his 1st term. Obama deserves at least that much
 slack.

 Chart included at the bottom of this msg.  The original went
 back to 1948, but I cut out all years before 1975 to save space.
 A really interesting thing, the Reagan years stand out quite
 well, they are the only years during that period in which the
 unemployment rates have two digits before the decimal point.


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 Data extracted on: July 4, 2009 (7:56:40 AM)

 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Seasonal Adjusted
Unemployment Rate
Labor force status:Unemployment rate
Type of data:Percent
Age:16 years and over


Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
1975  8.1  8.1  8.6  8.8  9.0  8.8  8.6  8.4  8.4  8.4  8.3  8.2
1976  7.9  7.7  7.6  7.7  7.4  7.6  7.8  7.8  7.6  7.7  7.8  7.8
1977  7.5  7.6  7.4  7.2  7.0  7.2  6.9  7.0  6.8  6.8  6.8  6.4
1978  6.4  6.3  6.3  6.1  6.0  5.9  6.2  5.9  6.0  5.8  5.9  6.0
1979  5.9  5.9  5.8  5.8  5.6  5.7  5.7  6.0  5.9  6.0  5.9  6.0
1980  6.3  6.3  6.3  6.9  7.5  7.6  7.8  7.7  7.5  7.5  7.5  7.2
1981  7.5  7.4  7.4  7.2  7.5  7.5  7.2  7.4  7.6  7.9  8.3  8.5
1982  8.6  8.9  9.0  9.3  9.4  9.6  9.8  9.8  10.1  10.4  10.8  10.8
1983  10.4  10.4  10.3  10.2  10.1  10.1  9.4  9.5  9.2  8.8  8.5  8.3
1984  8.0  7.8  7.8  7.7  7.4  7.2  7.5  7.5  7.3  7.4  7.2  7.3
1985  7.3  7.2  7.2  7.3  7.2  7.4  7.4  7.1  7.1  7.1  7.0  7.0
1986  6.7  7.2  7.2  7.1  7.2  7.2  7.0  6.9  7.0  7.0  6.9  6.6
1987  6.6  6.6  6.6  6.3  6.3  6.2  6.1  6.0  5.9  6.0  5.8  5.7
1988  5.7  5.7  5.7  5.4  5.6  5.4  5.4  5.6  5.4  5.4  5.3  5.3
1989  5.4  5.2  5.0  5.2  5.2  5.3  5.2  5.2  5.3  5.3  5.4  5.4
1990  5.4  5.3  5.2  5.4  5.4  5.2  5.5  5.7  5.9  5.9  6.2  6.3
1991  6.4  6.6  6.8  6.7  6.9  6.9  6.8  6.9  6.9  7.0  7.0  7.3
1992  7.3  7.4  7.4  7.4  7.6  7.8  7.7  7.6  7.6  7.3  7.4  7.4
1993  7.3  7.1  7.0  7.1  7.1  7.0  6.9  6.8  6.7  6.8  6.6  6.5
1994  6.6  6.6  6.5  6.4  6.1  6.1  6.1  6.0  5.9  5.8  5.6  5.5
1995  5.6  5.4  5.4  5.8  5.6  5.6  5.7  5.7  5.6  5.5  5.6  5.6
1996  5.6  5.5  5.5  5.6  5.6  5.3  5.5  5.1  5.2  5.2  5.4  5.4
1997  5.3  5.2  5.2  5.1  4.9  5.0  4.9  4.8  4.9  4.7  4.6  4.7
1998  4.6  4.6  4.7  4.3  4.4  4.5  4.5  4.5  4.6  4.5  4.4  4.4
1999  4.3  4.4  4.2  4.3  4.2  4.3  4.3  4.2  4.2  4.1  4.1  4.0
2000  4.0  4.1  4.0  3.8  4.0  4.0  4.0  4.1  3.9  3.9  3.9  3.9
2001  4.2  4.2  4.3  4.4  4.3  4.5  4.6  4.9  5.0  5.3  5.5  5.7
2002  5.7  5.7  5.7  5.9  5.8  5.8  5.8  5.7  5.7  5.7  5.9  6.0
2003  5.8  5.9  5.9  6.0  6.1  6.3  6.2  6.1  6.1  6.0  5.8  5.7
2004  5.7  5.6  5.8  5.6  5.6  5.6  5.5  5.4  5.4  5.5  5.4  5.4
2005  5.2  5.4  5.2  5.2  5.1  5.1  5.0  4.9  5.0  5.0  5.0  4.8
2006  4.7  4.8  4.7  4.7  4.7  4.6  4.7  4.7  4.5  4.4  4.5  4.4
2007  4.6  4.5  4.4  4.5  4.5  4.6  4.7  4.7  4.7  4.8  4.7  4.9
2008  4.9  4.8  5.1  5.0  5.5  5.6  5.8  6.2  6.2  6.6  6.8  7.2
2009  7.6  8.1  8.5  8.9  9.4  9.5
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BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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