Discussion: Economy Adds 242,000 Jobs In February, Unemployment Remains At 4.9 Percent

system1 · March 4, 2016, 1:53pm

Discussion for article #246881

bdtex · March 4, 2016, 1:57pm

Romney said he’d have the UE rate down to 6% by now.

sysprog · March 4, 2016, 2:03pm

And yet…we are ‘going to hell’ and The Donald is the only one to save us. Go figure.

nova · March 4, 2016, 2:04pm

clearly “the worst recovery in history.”

dswx · March 4, 2016, 2:05pm

Matt Lauer missed a great chance to pin Romney with “You are not running for president as of this moment but in the 2012 campaign you said you would have unemployment down to 6 percent by now. It is already much lower. So why should anyone running for president listen to you know?”

sociosam · March 4, 2016, 2:06pm

Wow! Another month added to the all time record months of positive job growth. Yet, the GOP meme is that Obamacare has been a job killer. Good thing they don’t believe in facts or Arabic numerals. They have a problem if their imaginary world is contradicted.

randall_p · March 4, 2016, 2:10pm

Thank you President Obama for putting the economy back on track. Oh yeah, and it is refreshing to have a political leader who also is an adult. Had to say that after watching the GOP pretenders playing a weak game of “the dozens” last night.

srfromgr · March 4, 2016, 2:23pm

Clearly, they don’t know what they’re talking about, including that laminated fool’s gold orangey asshole.

Yes, wages are demonstrably flat, but try mentioning raising the minimum wage on the average worker in this country in order to deal with that problem, and every single Republican will come up with one excuse after another about “job creators” that isn’t born out by the facts.

mcbain · March 4, 2016, 2:28pm

GOP : Obamacare is the biggest job killer in the history of mankind!
Data : Another 242K jobs added
GOP : Benghazi!

doremus_jessup · March 4, 2016, 2:31pm

If anyone, including Bernie Sanders, starts talking about the real unemployment rate they should have to explain why this President is measured differently from all previous Presidents.

tao · March 4, 2016, 2:52pm

It’s just not fair! Republicans have diligently obstructed every effort by The President to correct the smoking hole in the ground GWB left behind.

Good news for America is bad news for Repubs.

jw1 · March 4, 2016, 3:00pm

Economy Adds 242,000 Jobs In February,
Unemployment Remains At 4.9 Percent

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The BHO ®orschach.
What do you see?

jw1

lew · March 4, 2016, 3:05pm

For someone whom conservatives have generated unprecedented hate and opposition; this guy has succeeded in putting country before party. Sometimes I wonder if he keeps tights and a cape in the oval office.

jalus · March 4, 2016, 3:18pm

Economy Adds 242,000 Jobs In February, Unemployment Remains At 4.9 Percent

Obama’s already MADE American Great Again

littlegirlblue · March 4, 2016, 3:48pm

He’s also responsible for bringing gas prices down to a historic low. Which is a nice change from when it was his fault for high gas prices.