What's the Republican record on job creation?

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Damocles said:
So you made a claim that few jobs were created in Mass. then when proved wrong try to change the subject to this? What policy do you believe helped to create the jobs? Was it the tax holidays? Was it the balanced budget after having a $3 Billion shortfall?

What policies do you think would create an environment conducive to creating jobs?
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Here it is again. And I'll use the info from the post I quoted and change no to few for you so you won't have reason to replay.

I'm most interested in the last question. I'd love to hear your opinion. What policies do you believe would create an environment most conducive to creating jobs?
 
Rana said:
5. Piled on more debt than any other state: Romney left Massachusetts residents with $10,504 in per capita bond debt, the highest of any state in the nation when he left office in 2007. The state ranked second in debt as a percentage of personal income. Romney regularly omits those statistics from his Massachusetts record, instead touting the fact that he balanced the state’s budget (he was constitutionally required to do so). He wouldn’t be much different as president: his proposed tax plan adds more than $10 trillion to the national debt.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/20...-the-massachusetts-economy-under-mitt-romney/
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ThinkProgress ?....you gotta be joking....

The state unemployment rate was at 5.6 percent when Romney took office in January 2003. It rose to 6.0 percent in mid-2003, then steadily decreased during the remainder of Romney's term, ending at 4.6 percent for January 2007, representing Romney's last month in office.

Nationally, unemployment was rising in early 2003 as the economy was still under the effects of the early 2000s recession, then things began to turn around and unemployment fell and job creation grew. Job growth increased at a 1.3 percent rate during Romney's term. This ranked Massachusetts 47th out of 50 states during this period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorship_of_Mitt_Romney#Economic_growth_and_jobs

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Romney left MA with a $700 million surplus in 2004.
594.4 million in 2005 and in 2006 Mass. enjoyed a 2.2 Billion dollar surplus in the 'rainy day fund'
he left office Jan, 2007 and a Democrat took over as Governor....
fiscal 2007 ended with a $307.1 million deficit and fiscal 2008 ended with a $495.2 million deficit.....
 
Damocles said:
Here it is again. And I'll use the info from the post I quoted and change no to few for you so you won't have reason to replay. I'm most interested in the last question. I'd love to hear your opinion. What policies do you believe would create an environment most conducive to creating jobs?
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I didn't say government policies would create an environment most conducive to creating jobs, did I?

BTW, Mass has a law that required Rmoney to balance the budget...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorship_of_Mitt_Romney


Data from the Bureau of Labor statistics shows that Massachusetts added 50,000 jobs during Romney’s tenure in office. But that number represents only 1.5 percent growth for Massachusetts, compared to a 5 percent increase for the nation during the same period.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...c106_blog.html




So since Rmoney promised to create 12 million jobs in his first year in office, can you explain how?

Or don't you believe him?


 
Damocles said:
So you made a claim that few jobs were created in Mass. then when proved wrong try to change the subject to this? What policy do you believe helped to create the jobs? Was it the tax holidays? Was it the balanced budget after having a $3 Billion shortfall?

What policies do you think would create an environment conducive to creating jobs?
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When you have what is considered full employment.....about 5% unemployment......creating jobs for the already employed isn't a big priority.....

but when Romney left office .....unemployment was down to 4.6%
 
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I didn't say government policies would create an environment most conducive to creating jobs, did I?

BTW, Mass has a law that required Rmoney to balance the budget...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorship_of_Mitt_Romney
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Yet there was a shortfall of $3 Billion when he took office, which he turned around and created a $700 Billion surplus.

Data from the Bureau of Labor statistics shows that Massachusetts added 50,000 jobs during Romney’s tenure in office. But that number represents only 1.5 percent growth for Massachusetts, compared to a 5 percent increase for the nation during the same period.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...c106_blog.html
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Again, during that period the same statistics show that Mass. was at near full employment. Can you tell me what number of jobs are needed to create full employment in an environment that already was nearly at full employment? Unemployment in Mass. was at 5% when he took office, and at 4.6% when he left.





So since Rmoney promised to create 12 million jobs in his first year in office, can you explain how?

Or don't you believe him?
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So you are saying you cannot answer the question and simply continue to try to deflect from your own ignorance?

If, as you try to play here, you believe that the government has nothing at all to do with the economic environment, what is the point of this thread?
 
bravo said:
When you have what is considered full employment.....about 5% unemployment......creating jobs for the already employed isn't a big priority.....but when Romney left office .....unemployment was down to 4.6%
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Just don't compare it to the rest of America....

Massachusetts lagged behind the nation as a whole in certain areas of the economy — jobs, home values and family incomes — while Romney was in office.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...c106_blog.html


Data from the Bureau of Labor statistics shows that Massachusetts added 50,000 jobs during Romney’s tenure in office. But that number represents only 1.5 percent growth for Massachusetts, compared to a 5 percent increase for the nation during the same period.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...c106_blog.html
 
Damocles said:
Yet there was a shortfall of $3 Billion when he took office, which he turned around and created a $700 Billion surplus.


So you are saying you cannot answer the question and simply continue to try to deflect from your own ignorance?
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Are you playing "PWN the TROLL" ?.....that game is too easy.
 
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Just don't compare it to the rest of America....

Massachusetts lagged behind the nation as a whole in certain areas of the economy — jobs, home values and family incomes — while Romney was in office.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...c106_blog.html


Data from the Bureau of Labor statistics shows that Massachusetts added 50,000 jobs during Romney’s tenure in office. But that number represents only 1.5 percent growth for Massachusetts, compared to a 5 percent increase for the nation during the same period.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...c106_blog.html
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Which again, represents a fall from 5% to 4.6%, a state at near full employment. Yet it was 50th in jobs creation when he took office, and 31st in the last month of his tenure... A very good record considering where they were at when he took the oath of office.
 
I'll ask this one again. Because actually getting an opinion from charliebrownshirt would be interesting...

If, as you try to play here, you believe that the government has nothing at all to do with the economic environment, what is the point of this thread?
 
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"Since 1961, for 52 years now, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24," Bill Clinton said.


"In those 52 years, our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42."


According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, here are the net increases in private-sector employment under each president, chronologically by party:



Republicans

Richard Nixon: Increase of 7.1 million jobs
Gerald Ford: Increase of 1.3 million jobs
Ronald Reagan: Increase of 14.7 million jobs
George H.W. Bush: Increase of 1.5 million jobs
George W. Bush: Decline of 646,000 jobs

Total: Increase of 23.9 million jobs under Republican presidents

Democrats

John F. Kennedy: Increase of 2.7 million jobs
Lyndon B. Johnson: Increase of 9.5 million jobs
Jimmy Carter: Increase of 9.0 million jobs
Bill Clinton: Increase of 20.8 million jobs
Barack Obama: Increase of 332,000 jobs

Total: Increase of 42.3 million jobs.

This does not include government jobs.

So Clinton is right.



http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...linton-says-democratic-presidents-top-republ/
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Congratulations. All that work and you still proved nothing. Who exactly are you trying to convince?
 
Damocles said:
Well, considering the previous Governor didn't do his job and balance the budget, yeah, I'd say the guy who did gets some credit.
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"His" job?

Faced with a widening budget deficit as a result of the terrorist attacks, Swift cut nearly $300 million in programs and vetoed nearly $600 million in proposed spending.[SUP]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Swift#cite_note-8[/SUP]

She received high praise for her response to the budget crisis...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Swift
 
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