From economist Veronique de Rugy at The Corner (National Review). (H/T Gateway Pundit)

Here’s her graph:

She writes:

Since the beginning of the recession (roughly January 2008), some 7.9 million jobs were lost in the private sector while 590,000 jobs were gained in the public one.  And since the passage of the stimulus bill (February 2009), over 2.6 million private jobs were lost, but the government workforce grew by 400,000.

Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit has this graph of the average unemployment rate under Bush and Obama.

Keep in mind that Democrats were in control of the House and Senate starting in January of 2007. That means that all the spending was theirs from that point on – Bush just had no public support to cut spending and veto things like TARP. If we take out 2008, his unemployment rate would be much lower.

I know that all the young people seem to really like socialism. I hope they also like the taste of leaves and grass. Because that’s all they’ll be able to afford if this keeps up! The poor little lemmings – believing everything their sheltered government-school educators told them about the way the world works. I wonder if the little rascals know who Jimmy Carter is?