The white line measures first-time unemployment claims—people getting fired. It peaks at over 650,000 per week, just after Obama took office. Notice the steady drop since. The number of people filing new claims each week is hovering near a 40-year low. That’s even more impressive given that the total number of eligible workers has grown from about 140 million 40 years ago to about 240 million today. The blue line represents the number of open jobs at any one time, a powerful measure of economic opportunity. It bottomed out at barely 2 million in early 2009, and has risen sharply and steadily—tripling to 6 million now. What have the last eight years shown? Democratic policies create jobs.
I'll say it again ... Democratic policies create jobs.
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