It was hard not to think of chart-happy Ross Perot when I read the following passage from Newt Gingrich‘s latest Human Events column:
Several charts illustrate the gravity of the left?s failure economically.
The first,
produced by American Solutions, shows the Obama Jobs Gap. That?s the
difference between the rate of job creation needed to return the U.S. to
5% unemployment by 2015 and the actual track record of this
administration. The Obama Jobs Gap surpassed 1 million in July.
Another chart,
produced by the Heritage Foundation, shows the Obama Jobs Deficit. That?s the difference between the 3.5 million jobs President Obama
promised to create by December 2010 during the 2008 campaign and the 4.1
million lost during his administration. That?s an Obama Jobs Deficit
of 7.6 million jobs.Another, from Calculated Risk,
shows just how long it is taking our economy to recover compared to
past recessions, and that with last month?s loss of 131,000 jobs, the
trend lines are heading in the wrong direction.
By the way, I especially enjoyed the pronunciation guide for the “Obama Jobs Gap.” Nice touch.
