GOP leaders stop taking credit for job data.
by Steve Benen
—via ryking:
The first chart shows “private-sector job creation in the latter half of 2010, when stimulus money was still being spent, and when Democrats enjoyed the congressional majority.”
The second chart shows “private-sector job creation so far in 2011, after stimulus spending largely ended, Republicans took control of the U.S. House and most of the nation’s gubernatorial offices, and the national discourse pivoted from jobs to the deficit and debt.”
Reblogged from Diadoumenos