2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Dark Sage]

Oh, I give up, this is like arguing with...

Come to think of it, this is like arguing with a Republican, which I just realized is exactly what I'm doing.

[Roy Karrde]

Oh, I give up, this is like arguing with...

Come to think of it, this is like arguing with a Republican, which I just realized is exactly what I'm doing.

So that must be why you lose the arguments so often

[Dark Sage]

No, it's simply because no matter what I say, you're always prepared to counter it with some phoney-baloney opinion. You won't give up.

Here's some facts for you to consider when comparing Obama with Romney.

Mitt Romney loves to attack Barack Obama’s record of job creation as president. Unfortunately, Mitt’s record as Massachusetts governor pales in comparison.

Obama has created a net 3.635 million jobs. Applying the same rules to Romney’s numbers through the same time period—that is, through April of his fourth year in office, 2006—we credit Romney with 64,500 jobs.

So he grew jobs by 1.9 percent. (During a BOOM, I might add)

Obama’s job-growth rate is 2.35 percent (during a BUST, by the way)

Add to this the fact that Obama, being President, had a far bigger jurisdiction.

Who is the bigger job creator?

No opinion here. Just facts.

[Roy Karrde]

Mitt Romney loves to attack Barack Obama’s record of job creation as president. Unfortunately, Mitt’s record as Massachusetts governor pales in comparison.

Obama has created a net 3.635 million jobs. Applying the same rules to Romney’s numbers through the same time period—that is, through April of his fourth year in office, 2006—we credit Romney with 64,500 jobs.

So he grew jobs by 1.9 percent. (During a BOOM, I might add)

Obama’s job-growth rate is 2.35 percent (during a BUST, by the way)

Add to this the fact that Obama, being President, had a far bigger jurisdiction.

Who is the bigger job creator?

No opinion here. Just facts.

Sure and just to add to the facts, how many of those numbers were temporary jobs created under a one trillion dollar Stimulus plan? How many of those jobs have now been lost now that the Stimulus money is now gone?

[Dark Sage]

Not sure. How many?

I take it you know?

[Roy Karrde]

Not sure. How many?

I take it you know?

No but I would assume that nearly a trillion dollars in Stimulus funds have to create a significant number of jobs even temporarily.

[Dark Sage]

So you say my numbers are flawed, but you don't know by how much, nor do you have anything to back your claim up with? You only "assume"?