Economy

Massive Job Losses… When?

Written by Bob Cesca

Republicans just can't seem to grasp historical timelines. Rep. Tom Graves (R-Wrong) on MSNBC the other day:

"Well, what we've seen is massive job loss that began in about 2008, and I believe that was under Barack Obama."

Steven Benen provides the corrective graph:

job_losses_before_and_after_obama%27s_policies.png

Adding...
And, yeah, President Obama wasn't president until 2009.