Tag Archives: Job Creation

2025 Job Creation Under The Administration of President Donald J. Trump

By Patricia L Johnson For the past twenty years I have been writing articles off and on about the employment situation in this country and, without a doubt, I have never seen numbers as pitiful as the number of jobs … Continue reading

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US Economy and You

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the US economy?  We think it would be safe to assume most US voters think of the monthly Jobs … Continue reading

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TIDBITS – January 17, 2015, The Art of Job Creation

By Patricia L Johnson Calendar year 2014 turned out to be a banner year for nonfarm payroll employment a.k.a. job creation in the United States, with a total of 2,952,000* jobs created, or an average of 246,000* jobs created per … Continue reading

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54 Consecutive Months of Private-Sector Job Growth

By Patricia L Johnson The first thing I heard from the media today about the most recent jobs report is the word only.   Only 142,000 jobs were created in August 2014.  They failed to notice our latest job creation report … Continue reading

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Presidents and the U.S. Economy: An Econometric Exploration Alan S. Blinder and Mark W. Watson Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics Princeton University July 2014

http://www.princeton.edu/~mwatson/papers/Presidents_Blinder_Watson_July2014.pdf.   “We begin in Section 1 by documenting this fact, which is not at all “stylized.” The U.S. economy not only grows faster, according to real GDP and other measures, during Democratic versus Republican presidencies, it also produces more … Continue reading

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So, Where ARE the Jobs?

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath The question that keeps repeating itself over and over again by the Republicans is “Where ARE the Jobs?” Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) asked the question again on January 10, … Continue reading

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December 13th – A Day to Remember or a Day to Forget?

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath December 13, 2000 is the day Al Gore conceded defeat to then Texas Governor George W. Bush. That was a bad, sad day–almost as bad and sad as the day the Supreme … Continue reading

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Are Tax Cuts the Driving Force Behind Job Creation and Economic Growth?

Republican Presidential candidates would have us believe increasing taxes stifles job creation and economic growth in this country, but what does an analysis of economic indicators before and after tax cuts indicate? Proponents of supply-side economics believe economic growth is … Continue reading

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Fifty Additional Community Banks across the Country Receive $767 Million to Help Small Businesses Access Capital, Create New Jobs

Fifty Additional Community Banks across the Country Receive $767 Million to Help Small Businesses Access Capital, Create New Jobs.

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Obama calls Buffett, Ford CEO for advice – The Hill’s On The Money

Obama calls Buffett, Ford CEO for advice – The Hill’s On The Money. President Obama on Monday reached out to billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Ford CEO Alan Mulally for advice as he crafts a major jobs plan to be … Continue reading

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Governor Rick Perry’s 48 percent Jobs Claim only Half True

By Patricia L Johnson It was during a cameo appearance June 14, 2011 on the Glenn Beck show that Governor Rick Perry claimed “Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas”. According … Continue reading

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You can lead a Horse to Water, but you cannot make it Drink, Write a Letter or Make a Call.

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath You voted the Republicans in – now vote them out. We don’t need a National election for you to tell the GOP what you think of their refusal to increase the debt … Continue reading

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Now Is the Time to Call In the No Interest Loans

By Richard Walrath and Patricia Johnson Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) made the following statement on May 5, 2011, “Nothing is off the table except raising taxes”, as quoted on the speaker’s blog . The comment was made in … Continue reading

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“…The Worst [Jobs]Track Record on Record”

By Patricia L Johnson President Obama has been inundated with criticism over jobs, or lack thereof, for the past several months by the Republican party.  Today is no exception.  The ink is barely dry on the report issued by the … Continue reading

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